Collection of venous blood by venipuncture 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

$26.47

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$26.47

Gross charge

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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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$9.34 with Humana vs $4,332.00 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $9.34 ↓ -65%
Aetna MCR $9.42 ↓ -64%
Molina MME $10.18 ↓ -62%
Molina MMP $10.18 ↓ -62%
Molina MCR $10.18 ↓ -62%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $12.14 ↓ -54%
Aetna ASA $13.95 ↓ -47%
Magellan BH Summit $15.88 ↓ -40%
Magellan BH Pinnacle $15.88 ↓ -40%
Superior ValueHMO $16.72 ↓ -37%
Superior HMO $20.92 ↓ -21%
Superior EPO $20.92 ↓ -21%
Molina Healthcare HIX $24.47 ↓ -8%
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00 ↑ +9394%
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00 ↑ +12915%
Aetna COMM $3,682.00 ↑ +13810%
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00 ↑ +13810%
Aetna OON $4,332.00 ↑ +16266%

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Collection of venous blood by venipuncture at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $28.65 $7.64 – $35.81
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $23.85 $3.00 – $15.32
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth Fort Worth $23.85 $3.00 – $15.32
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth Fort Worth $23.85 $3.00 – $15.32
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $67.16 $8.18 – $8.18
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $28.65 $8.12 – $35.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $25.87 $5.32 – $38.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $32.66 $6.05 – $37.81

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