X-ray sella turcica 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

$589.91

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.

$589.91

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.

$33.08 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $589.91 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 $33.08 ↓ -94%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $33.08 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup CHIP $33.08 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $33.08 ↓ -94%
United STARPerinate $33.08 ↓ -94%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $33.08 ↓ -94%
United STARPLUS $33.08 ↓ -94%
United STARKids $33.08 ↓ -94%
United STAR $33.08 ↓ -94%
United CHIP $33.08 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $34.73 ↓ -94%
Healthspring Life MCD $34.73 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MCD $35.73 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $35.73 ↓ -94%
Molina STAR+PLUS $36.39 ↓ -94%
Molina STARKIDS $36.39 ↓ -94%
Molina CHIP $36.39 ↓ -94%
Molina MCDSTAR $36.39 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $41.29 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $41.29 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $41.29 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $41.29 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $41.29 ↓ -93%
Humana MGMCD $41.35 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $55.44 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMM $59.22 ↓ -90%
Aetna Meritain $59.22 ↓ -90%
Aetna OON $70.09 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $79.64 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $82.59 ↓ -86%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86 ↓ -86%
United SmallGroup $83.86 ↓ -86%
Cigna LocalPlus $96.37 ↓ -84%
Cigna NewBusiness $96.46 ↓ -84%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $107.69 ↓ -82%
Cigna HMO $107.69 ↓ -82%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $107.69 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $107.95 ↓ -82%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.34 ↓ -81%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.34 ↓ -81%
Unicare CHIP $129.78 ↓ -78%
Cigna AllOther $136.21 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $144.53 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $152.20 ↓ -74%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $199.39 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $235.96 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $244.22 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $265.46 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $265.46 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $265.46 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $289.06 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $294.95 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $297.90 ↓ -50%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $312.65 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $324.45 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $324.45 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $324.45 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $324.45 ↓ -45%
BCBS BlueEssentials $325.62 ↓ -45%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $325.62 ↓ -45%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $338.02 ↓ -43%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $338.02 ↓ -43%
BCBS EPOSOA $341.59 ↓ -42%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $342.15 ↓ -42%
BCBS PPO $357.55 ↓ -39%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $395.24 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $412.94 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $412.94 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $418.84 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $442.43 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $442.43 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $471.93 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $471.93 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $501.42 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $507.32 ↓ -14%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $589.91 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $589.91 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $589.91 ↑ +0%

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