5% dextrose and 0.45% saline at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL
900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772
$120.49
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$120.49
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$8.43 with Superior Health Plan vs $120.49 with Unicare — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $8.43 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $8.43 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $8.43 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $8.43 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $8.43 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $16.27 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $16.87 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $18.04 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $18.04 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $19.64 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $22.65 | ↓ -81% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $24.10 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | EPO | $24.10 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | HMO | $24.10 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $26.41 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $26.41 | ↓ -78% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $26.51 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $27.72 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $28.68 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | PPO | $29.03 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $30.12 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $30.85 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | COMM | $30.85 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $32.53 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | OON | $36.15 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $40.73 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $48.53 | ↓ -60% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $48.58 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $53.50 | ↓ -56% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $54.22 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $54.22 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna | HMO | $54.22 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $54.22 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $60.24 | ↓ -50% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $60.24 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $63.86 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $66.27 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $66.27 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $66.27 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $66.27 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $68.59 | ↓ -43% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $69.88 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $70.97 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $70.97 | ↓ -41% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $84.34 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $84.34 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $85.55 | ↓ -29% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $86.75 | ↓ -28% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $90.37 | ↓ -25% |
| TCU ATHLETICS | COMM | $96.39 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $96.39 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $96.39 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $102.42 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $103.62 | ↓ -14% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $120.49 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $120.49 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $120.49 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
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5% dextrose and 0.45% saline at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital - Beeville | Beeville | $15.43 | $15.48 – $15.48 |
| CHRISTUS Southeast Texas Jasper Memorial | Jasper | $48.39 | $23.06 – $23.06 |
| CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon | San Antonio | $17.35 | $7.77 – $13.44 |
| CHRISTUS Health - West Beaumont | Beaumont | $48.39 | $20.40 – $20.40 |
| CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi - Shoreline | Corpus Christi | $15.43 | $13.02 – $13.02 |
| MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL | Argyle | $112.88 | $18.04 – $48.53 |
| MEDICAL CITY LEWISVILLE HOSPITAL | LEWISVILLE | $145.72 | $18.04 – $48.53 |
| MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL | SAGINAW | $377.22 | $18.04 – $48.53 |