X-ray skull < 4 views at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL
900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772
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Cash price 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 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.
$36.09 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $895.94 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $36.09 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $36.09 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $36.09 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $36.09 | — |
| United | STARKids | $36.09 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $36.09 | — |
| United | STAR | $36.09 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $36.09 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $36.09 | — |
| United | CHIP | $36.09 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $37.89 | — |
| Healthspring Life | MCD | $37.89 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $38.98 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $38.98 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $39.70 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $39.70 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $39.70 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $39.70 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $45.11 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $62.41 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $62.72 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $62.72 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $62.72 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $62.72 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $62.72 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $66.66 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $66.66 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $78.90 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $109.80 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $109.90 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $120.95 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $122.70 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $122.70 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $122.70 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $125.43 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $153.55 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $153.55 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $154.52 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $154.52 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $155.19 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $163.96 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $197.11 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $219.51 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $231.15 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $302.83 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $358.38 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $370.92 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $403.17 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $403.17 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $403.17 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $439.01 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $447.97 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $452.45 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $457.29 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $457.29 | — |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $474.85 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $479.70 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $492.77 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $492.77 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $492.77 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $492.77 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $502.12 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $513.37 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $513.37 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $519.65 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $600.28 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $627.16 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $627.16 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $636.12 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $671.96 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $671.96 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $716.75 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $716.75 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $761.55 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $770.51 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $895.94 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $895.94 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $895.94 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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X-ray skull < 4 views at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $615.53 | $431.51 – $431.51 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $277.54 | $36.09 – $346.92 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $309.63 | $63.73 – $464.44 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $312.96 | $36.09 – $391.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $277.54 | $36.09 – $346.92 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $309.63 | $38.62 – $464.44 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $309.63 | $36.09 – $464.44 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $312.96 | $36.09 – $469.44 |