X-ray small intestine follow-through study 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

$757.47

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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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$757.47

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.

$53.02 with Superior Health Plan vs $757.47 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 MCDSTAR $53.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $53.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $53.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $53.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $53.02 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $65.66 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $65.66 ↓ -91%
United STARPLUS $82.53 ↓ -89%
United CHIP $82.53 ↓ -89%
United STARKids $82.53 ↓ -89%
United STAR $82.53 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup CHIP $82.53 ↓ -89%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $82.53 ↓ -89%
United STARPerinate $82.53 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup MGMCD $82.53 ↓ -89%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $82.53 ↓ -89%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $82.53 ↓ -89%
Healthspring Life MCD $86.66 ↓ -89%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $86.66 ↓ -89%
Aetna Better Health MCD $89.13 ↓ -88%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $89.13 ↓ -88%
Molina STARKIDS $90.78 ↓ -88%
Molina CHIP $90.78 ↓ -88%
Molina STAR+PLUS $90.78 ↓ -88%
Molina MCDSTAR $90.78 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $102.26 ↓ -86%
Humana MGMCD $103.16 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $106.05 ↓ -86%
Aetna NewBusiness $119.75 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMM $127.92 ↓ -83%
Aetna Meritain $127.92 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $138.62 ↓ -82%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $143.92 ↓ -81%
Aetna OON $151.39 ↓ -80%
Superior ValueHMO $151.49 ↓ -80%
Superior HMO $151.49 ↓ -80%
Superior EPO $151.49 ↓ -80%
Unicare CHIP $166.64 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $185.58 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $189.37 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $195.43 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $195.55 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentials $195.55 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $199.97 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $199.97 ↓ -74%
BCBS EPOSOA $205.14 ↓ -73%
BCBS PPO $214.73 ↓ -72%
Cigna HMO $223.45 ↓ -71%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $223.45 ↓ -71%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $223.45 ↓ -71%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $256.02 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $282.54 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $302.99 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $313.59 ↓ -59%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $340.86 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $340.86 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $340.86 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $371.16 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $378.74 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $382.52 ↓ -50%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $401.46 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $416.61 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $416.61 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $416.61 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $416.61 ↓ -45%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $434.03 ↓ -43%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $434.03 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $439.33 ↓ -42%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $507.50 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $530.23 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $530.23 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $537.80 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $568.10 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $568.10 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $605.98 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $605.98 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $643.85 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $651.42 ↓ -14%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $757.47 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $757.47 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $757.47 ↑ +0%

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