X-ray ribs 2 views left at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL

900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$36.75 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $897.32 with Unicare — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $36.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $36.75
United STARPerinate $36.75
Amerigroup CHIP $36.75
United STARPLUS $36.75
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $36.75
United STARKids $36.75
United STAR $36.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $36.75
United CHIP $36.75
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $38.59
Healthspring Life MCD $38.59
Aetna Better Health CHIP $39.69
Aetna Better Health MCD $39.69
Molina MCDSTAR $40.43
Molina CHIP $40.43
Molina STAR+PLUS $40.43
Molina STARKIDS $40.43
Humana MGMCD $45.94
Aetna NewBusiness $60.09
Superior Health Plan CHIP $62.81
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $62.81
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $62.81
Superior Health Plan STARKids $62.81
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $62.81
Aetna Meritain $64.18
Aetna COMM $64.18
Aetna OON $75.96
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Cigna LocalPlus $105.79
Cigna NewBusiness $105.89
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.34
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.34
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $118.22
Cigna NetworkBenefit $118.22
Cigna HMO $118.22
Cigna IFP $121.14
Cigna QHP $125.62
Cigna AllOther $149.53
United OptionsPPO $164.21
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Unicare CHIP $197.41
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $219.84
Evry Health COMM $231.51
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $303.29
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $325.62
BCBS BlueEssentials $325.62
BCBS EPOSOA $341.59
BCBS PPO $357.55
Curative Administrators COMM $358.93
BCBS Traditional $371.49
United GlobalBenefitPlan $403.79
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $403.79
City of McKinney COMM $403.79
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $439.69
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $448.66
Aetna ASA $453.15
Cigna Lifesource COMM $475.58
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $493.53
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $493.53
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $493.53
Aetna WCOMP $493.53
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $514.16
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $514.16
Averde Health, Inc PPO $520.45
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $601.20
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $628.12
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $628.12
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $637.10
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $672.99
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $672.99
USA Managed Care COMM $717.86
USC Health Services COMM $717.86
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $762.72
Optum Transplant COMM $771.70
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $897.32
Independent Medical Systems COMM $897.32
Unicare MCD $897.32

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X-ray ribs 2 views left at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $452.21 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $296.32 $36.75 – $370.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $362.86 $74.69 – $544.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $385.50 $36.75 – $481.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $296.32 $36.75 – $370.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $362.86 $39.32 – $544.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $362.86 $36.75 – $544.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $385.50 $36.75 – $578.25

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