Carbohydrate urine - sendout 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.

$5.50 with Humana vs $14.41 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 $5.50
Aetna MCR $5.55
Molina MME $6.00
Molina MMP $6.00
Molina MCR $6.00
Aetna QHPHIX $7.00
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $7.15
Aetna NewBusiness $9.64
Superior ValueHMO $9.85
Aetna COMM $10.26
Aetna Meritain $10.26
Aetna OON $12.08
Superior EPO $12.32
Superior HMO $12.32
Molina Healthcare HIX $14.41

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Carbohydrate urine - sendout at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $96.66 $4.62 – $120.83
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth Fort Worth $396.15 $4.62 – $23.20
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth not published $4.62 – $10.80
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth Fort Worth not published $4.62 – $10.80
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $96.66 $4.62 – $120.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $78.68 $8.06 – $118.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $76.88 $4.62 – $96.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $96.66 $4.62 – $120.83

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →