X-ray sternoclavicular joint(s) > 3 views 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.

$41.44 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $750.55 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $41.44
Amerigroup MGMCD $41.44
United STARKids $41.44
United STAR $41.44
United CHIP $41.44
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $41.44
Amerigroup CHIP $41.44
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $41.44
United STARPerinate $41.44
United STARPLUS $41.44
Healthspring Life MCD $43.51
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $43.51
Aetna Better Health CHIP $44.76
Aetna Better Health MCD $44.76
Molina STARKIDS $45.58
Molina CHIP $45.58
Molina STAR+PLUS $45.58
Molina MCDSTAR $45.58
Humana MGMCD $51.80
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $52.54
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $52.54
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $52.54
Superior Health Plan CHIP $52.54
Superior Health Plan STARKids $52.54
Aetna NewBusiness $71.70
Aetna COMM $76.59
Aetna Meritain $76.59
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
United SmallGroup $83.86
Aetna OON $90.65
Cigna IFP $101.32
Cigna QHP $105.08
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.34
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.34
Cigna LocalPlus $124.56
Cigna NewBusiness $124.68
United OptionsPPO $137.35
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $139.19
Cigna NetworkBenefit $139.19
Cigna HMO $139.19
Unicare CHIP $165.12
Cigna AllOther $176.05
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $183.88
Evry Health COMM $193.64
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $253.69
Curative Administrators COMM $300.22
BCBS Traditional $310.73
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $325.62
BCBS BlueEssentials $325.62
City of McKinney COMM $337.75
United GlobalBenefitPlan $337.75
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $337.75
BCBS EPOSOA $341.59
BCBS PPO $357.55
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $367.77
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $375.27
Aetna ASA $379.03
Cigna Lifesource COMM $397.79
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $412.80
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $412.80
Aetna WCOMP $412.80
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $412.80
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $430.07
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $430.07
Averde Health, Inc PPO $435.32
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $502.87
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $525.38
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $525.38
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $532.89
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $562.91
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $562.91
USA Managed Care COMM $600.44
USC Health Services COMM $600.44
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $637.97
Optum Transplant COMM $645.47
Independent Medical Systems COMM $750.55
Unicare MCD $750.55
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $750.55

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X-ray sternoclavicular joint(s) > 3 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $218.48 $41.44 – $273.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $218.48 $44.97 – $327.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $221.11 $41.44 – $276.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $218.48 $41.44 – $273.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $218.48 $44.34 – $327.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $218.48 $41.44 – $327.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $221.11 $41.44 – $331.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $218.48 $41.44 – $273.10

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