X-ray sacroiliac joints >= 3 views 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.

$39.43 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $750.55 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 $39.43
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $39.43
United STARPerinate $39.43
Amerigroup CHIP $39.43
Amerigroup MGMCD $39.43
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $39.43
United STARPLUS $39.43
United STARKids $39.43
United STAR $39.43
United CHIP $39.43
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $41.40
Healthspring Life MCD $41.40
Aetna Better Health CHIP $42.58
Aetna Better Health MCD $42.58
Molina MCDSTAR $43.37
Molina CHIP $43.37
Molina STAR+PLUS $43.37
Molina STARKIDS $43.37
Humana MGMCD $49.29
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $52.54
Superior Health Plan CHIP $52.54
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $52.54
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $52.54
Superior Health Plan STARKids $52.54
Aetna NewBusiness $65.51
Aetna COMM $69.97
Aetna Meritain $69.97
Aetna OON $82.81
Cigna IFP $101.32
Cigna QHP $105.08
Cigna LocalPlus $115.18
Cigna NewBusiness $115.29
Cigna NetworkBenefit $128.71
Cigna HMO $128.71
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $128.71
United OptionsPPO $137.35
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $153.55
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
Cigna AllOther $162.79
Unicare CHIP $165.12
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $183.88
Evry Health COMM $193.64
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $253.69
Curative Administrators COMM $300.22
BCBS Traditional $310.73
United GlobalBenefitPlan $337.75
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $337.75
City of McKinney COMM $337.75
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $367.77
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $375.27
Aetna ASA $379.03
Cigna Lifesource COMM $397.79
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $412.80
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $412.80
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $412.80
Aetna WCOMP $412.80
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $430.07
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $430.07
Averde Health, Inc PPO $435.32
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $457.29
BCBS BlueEssentials $457.29
BCBS EPOSOA $479.70
BCBS PPO $502.12
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $502.87
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $525.38
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $525.38
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $532.89
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $562.91
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $562.91
USC Health Services COMM $600.44
USA Managed Care COMM $600.44
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $637.97
Optum Transplant COMM $645.47
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $750.55
Unicare MCD $750.55
Independent Medical Systems COMM $750.55

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X-ray sacroiliac joints >= 3 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $601.90 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $170.92 $39.43 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $450.39 $92.71 – $675.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $309.11 $39.43 – $386.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $170.92 $39.43 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $450.39 $42.19 – $675.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $450.39 $39.43 – $675.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $309.11 $39.43 – $463.66

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