Assay malate dehydrogenase at MEDICAL CITY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER - ALLIANCE

3100 Alliance Town Ctr, FORT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1316775935

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 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.

$7.37 with Humana vs $19.31 with Molina Healthcare — 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
Humana MGMCR $7.37
Aetna MCR $7.43
Molina MME $8.03
Molina MMP $8.03
Molina MCR $8.03
Aetna QHPHIX $9.37
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $9.58
Aetna NewBusiness $12.91
Superior ValueHMO $13.19
Aetna COMM $13.75
Aetna Meritain $13.75
Aetna OON $16.18
Superior EPO $16.51
Superior HMO $16.51
Molina Healthcare HIX $19.31

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Assay malate dehydrogenase at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth not published $6.19 – $14.47
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth Fort Worth not published $6.19 – $14.47
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth Fort Worth not published $6.19 – $14.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $10.92 $2.25 – $17.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $10.92 $6.19 – $17.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $10.92 $6.62 – $17.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $10.92 $6.19 – $17.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $10.92 $6.19 – $17.69

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