X-ray sinus tract/fistula/abscess 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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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.

$55.25 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,157.48 with BCBS — 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $55.25
Superior Health Plan STARKids $55.25
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $55.25
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $55.25
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $55.25
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $59.81
United STARPLUS $59.81
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $59.81
United STAR $59.81
United CHIP $59.81
United STARKids $59.81
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $59.81
United STARPerinate $59.81
Amerigroup CHIP $59.81
Amerigroup MGMCD $59.81
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $62.80
Healthspring Life MCD $62.80
Aetna Better Health CHIP $64.59
Aetna Better Health MCD $64.59
Molina MCDSTAR $65.79
Molina STAR+PLUS $65.79
Molina CHIP $65.79
Molina STARKIDS $65.79
Humana MGMCD $74.76
Aetna NewBusiness $82.54
Aetna Meritain $88.17
Aetna COMM $88.17
Aetna OON $104.35
Cigna IFP $106.56
Cigna QHP $110.50
Cigna LocalPlus $142.03
Cigna NewBusiness $142.17
United OptionsPPO $144.45
Cigna NetworkBenefit $158.72
Cigna HMO $158.72
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $158.72
Unicare CHIP $173.65
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $193.38
Cigna AllOther $200.75
Evry Health COMM $203.64
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $266.79
United SmallGroup $313.62
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $313.62
Curative Administrators COMM $315.73
BCBS Traditional $326.78
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $355.19
City of McKinney COMM $355.19
United GlobalBenefitPlan $355.19
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $386.77
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $394.66
Aetna ASA $398.61
Cigna Lifesource COMM $418.34
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $434.13
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $434.13
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $434.13
Aetna WCOMP $434.13
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $452.28
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $452.28
Averde Health, Inc PPO $457.81
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $528.84
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $552.52
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $552.52
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $560.42
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $591.99
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $591.99
USA Managed Care COMM $631.46
USC Health Services COMM $631.46
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $659.76
BCBS MyBlueHealth $659.76
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $670.92
Optum Transplant COMM $678.82
Independent Medical Systems COMM $789.32
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $789.32
Unicare MCD $789.32
United AllPayerAppendix $1,086.50
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,964.85
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,964.85
BCBS EPOSOA $2,061.16
BCBS PPO $2,157.48

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X-ray sinus tract/fistula/abscess at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $492.03 $59.81 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $601.93 $123.90 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $735.32 $59.81 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $492.03 $59.81 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $601.93 $64.00 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $601.93 $59.81 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $735.32 $59.81 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $492.03 $59.81 – $1,366.64

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