Test for porphobilinogen at MEDICAL CITY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER - ALLIANCE
3100 Alliance Town Ctr, FORT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1316775935
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Cash price 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 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.
$5.82 with Humana vs $15.25 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Humana | MGMCR | $5.82 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $5.87 | — |
| Molina | MME | $6.34 | — |
| Molina | MMP | $6.34 | — |
| Molina | MCR | $6.34 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $7.40 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MGMCR | $7.57 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $10.19 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $10.42 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $10.85 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $10.85 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $12.77 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $13.04 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $13.04 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $15.25 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Test for porphobilinogen at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance | Fort Worth | not published | $4.89 – $8.41 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth | Fort Worth | not published | $4.89 – $8.41 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth | Fort Worth | not published | $4.89 – $8.41 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $239.89 | $4.79 – $23.69 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $48.20 | $4.65 – $103.28 |
| Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Ascension Seton) | Luling | $63.45 | $4.86 – $79.31 |
| Ascension Seton Highland Lakes (Ascension Seton) | Burnet | $63.45 | $4.86 – $79.31 |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $49.50 | $4.86 – $61.88 |