X-ray swallowing function w/ciner/videoradiography neck radiographs(s)&delayed images contrast 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

$2,088.22

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.

$2,088.22

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.

$124.96 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $2,088.22 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 $124.96 ↓ -94%
United STARPerinate $124.96 ↓ -94%
United STAR $124.96 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup CHIP $124.96 ↓ -94%
United CHIP $124.96 ↓ -94%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $124.96 ↓ -94%
United STARPLUS $124.96 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $124.96 ↓ -94%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $124.96 ↓ -94%
United STARKids $124.96 ↓ -94%
Healthspring Life MCD $131.21 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $131.21 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MCD $134.96 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $134.96 ↓ -94%
Molina CHIP $137.46 ↓ -93%
Molina STAR+PLUS $137.46 ↓ -93%
Molina STARKIDS $137.46 ↓ -93%
Molina MCDSTAR $137.46 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $146.18 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $146.18 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $146.18 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $146.18 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $146.18 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -93%
Humana MGMCD $156.20 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $242.95 ↓ -88%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $249.64 ↓ -88%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $249.64 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMM $259.52 ↓ -88%
Aetna Meritain $259.52 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $281.91 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $292.35 ↓ -86%
Aetna OON $307.14 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $382.14 ↓ -82%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -81%
Cigna LocalPlus $410.54 ↓ -80%
Cigna NewBusiness $410.93 ↓ -80%
Cigna HMO $458.78 ↓ -78%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $458.78 ↓ -78%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $458.78 ↓ -78%
Unicare CHIP $459.41 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $511.61 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $538.76 ↓ -74%
Cigna AllOther $580.26 ↓ -72%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $705.82 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $743.46 ↓ -64%
BCBS BlueEssentials $743.46 ↓ -64%
BCBS EPOSOA $779.90 ↓ -63%
BCBS PPO $816.35 ↓ -61%
Curative Administrators COMM $835.29 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $864.52 ↓ -59%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $939.70 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $939.70 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $939.70 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,023.23 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,044.11 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,054.55 ↓ -50%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,106.76 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,148.52 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,148.52 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,148.52 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,148.52 ↓ -45%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,196.55 ↓ -43%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,196.55 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,211.17 ↓ -42%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $1,399.11 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,461.75 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,461.75 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,482.64 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,566.16 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,566.16 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $1,670.58 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,670.58 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,774.99 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $1,795.87 ↓ -14%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,088.22 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $2,088.22 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,088.22 ↑ +0%

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