X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest 3 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.

$42.44 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $1,074.58 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 $42.44
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $42.44
United STARPerinate $42.44
United STARPLUS $42.44
United STARKids $42.44
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $42.44
United STAR $42.44
Amerigroup CHIP $42.44
Amerigroup MGMCD $42.44
United CHIP $42.44
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $44.56
Healthspring Life MCD $44.56
Aetna Better Health MCD $45.84
Aetna Better Health CHIP $45.84
Molina STARKIDS $46.68
Molina MCDSTAR $46.68
Molina CHIP $46.68
Molina STAR+PLUS $46.68
Humana MGMCD $53.05
Aetna NewBusiness $67.83
Aetna Meritain $72.46
Aetna COMM $72.46
Superior Health Plan CHIP $75.22
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $75.22
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $75.22
Superior Health Plan STARKids $75.22
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $75.22
Aetna OON $85.75
Cigna LocalPlus $119.22
Cigna NewBusiness $119.33
Cigna NetworkBenefit $133.23
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $133.23
Cigna HMO $133.23
Cigna IFP $145.07
Cigna QHP $150.44
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $153.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.55
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
Cigna AllOther $168.51
United OptionsPPO $196.65
Unicare CHIP $236.41
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $263.27
Evry Health COMM $277.24
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $363.21
Curative Administrators COMM $429.83
BCBS Traditional $444.88
BCBS BlueEssentials $457.29
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $457.29
BCBS EPOSOA $479.70
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $483.56
United GlobalBenefitPlan $483.56
City of McKinney COMM $483.56
BCBS PPO $502.12
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $526.54
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $537.29
Aetna ASA $542.66
Cigna Lifesource COMM $569.53
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $591.02
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $591.02
Aetna WCOMP $591.02
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $591.02
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $615.73
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $615.73
Averde Health, Inc PPO $623.26
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $719.97
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $752.21
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $752.21
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $762.95
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $805.93
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $805.93
USC Health Services COMM $859.66
USA Managed Care COMM $859.66
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $913.39
Optum Transplant COMM $924.14
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,074.58
Unicare MCD $1,074.58
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,074.58

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X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest 3 views left at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $788.15 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $394.69 $42.44 – $493.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $394.69 $81.24 – $592.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $370.58 $42.44 – $463.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $394.69 $42.44 – $493.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $394.69 $45.41 – $592.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $394.69 $42.44 – $592.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $370.58 $42.44 – $555.88

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