X-ray scapula complete (both sides) 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.

$24.06 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $631.46 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 $24.06
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $24.06
United STARPerinate $24.06
United STARPLUS $24.06
United STARKids $24.06
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $24.06
United STAR $24.06
Amerigroup CHIP $24.06
Amerigroup MGMCD $24.06
United CHIP $24.06
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $25.26
Healthspring Life MCD $25.26
Aetna Better Health CHIP $25.98
Aetna Better Health MCD $25.98
Molina STARKIDS $26.47
Molina MCDSTAR $26.47
Molina CHIP $26.47
Molina STAR+PLUS $26.47
Humana MGMCD $30.07
Aetna NewBusiness $34.50
Aetna Meritain $36.85
Aetna COMM $36.85
Aetna OON $43.61
Superior Health Plan CHIP $44.20
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $44.20
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $44.20
Superior Health Plan STARKids $44.20
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $44.20
Cigna LocalPlus $60.13
Cigna NewBusiness $60.19
Cigna HMO $67.20
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $67.20
Cigna NetworkBenefit $67.20
Cigna AllOther $84.99
Cigna IFP $85.25
Cigna QHP $88.40
United OptionsPPO $115.56
Unicare CHIP $138.92
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $153.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.55
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $154.71
Evry Health COMM $162.92
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $213.43
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Curative Administrators COMM $252.58
BCBS Traditional $261.42
City of McKinney COMM $284.16
United GlobalBenefitPlan $284.16
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $284.16
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $309.42
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $315.73
Aetna ASA $318.89
Cigna Lifesource COMM $334.67
Aetna WCOMP $347.30
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $347.30
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $347.30
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $347.30
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $361.83
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $361.83
Averde Health, Inc PPO $366.25
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $423.08
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $442.02
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $442.02
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $448.34
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $457.29
BCBS BlueEssentials $457.29
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $473.60
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $473.60
BCBS EPOSOA $479.70
BCBS PPO $502.12
USC Health Services COMM $505.17
USA Managed Care COMM $505.17
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $536.74
Optum Transplant COMM $543.06
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $631.46
Unicare MCD $631.46
Independent Medical Systems COMM $631.46

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X-ray scapula complete (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $540.58 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $223.85 $24.06 – $279.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $276.52 $56.92 – $414.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $311.92 $24.06 – $389.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $223.85 $24.06 – $279.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $276.52 $25.74 – $414.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $276.52 $24.06 – $414.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $311.92 $24.06 – $467.87

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