Acetylcholinesterase assay at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL

900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772

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

$540.02

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.

$540.02

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 Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $540.02 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $7.37 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $7.37 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $10.32 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $10.32 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $10.32 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $10.32 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $10.32 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $10.32 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $10.32 ↓ -98%
United STAR $10.32 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $10.84 ↓ -98%
Healthspring Life MCD $10.84 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $11.15 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $11.15 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $11.35 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $11.35 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $11.35 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $11.35 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $12.23 ↓ -98%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $12.29 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health PPO $12.29 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $12.29 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health POS $12.29 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $12.29 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health SNP $12.29 ↓ -98%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $12.29 ↓ -98%
TriWest FEDERAL $12.29 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health HMO $12.29 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCR $12.29 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $12.29 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCR $12.29 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $12.29 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $12.29 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MME $12.29 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $12.35 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $12.39 ↓ -98%
Care N Care MGMCR $12.41 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $12.54 ↓ -98%
WellCare MGMCR $12.66 ↓ -98%
Integranet MGMCR $12.66 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $12.90 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantge MCR $12.90 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $12.90 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $12.90 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $12.90 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $12.90 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $12.90 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $12.90 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $12.90 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $13.03 ↓ -98%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $13.03 ↓ -98%
Humana Tricare $13.24 ↓ -98%
Molina MMP $13.40 ↓ -98%
Molina MME $13.40 ↓ -98%
Molina MCR $13.40 ↓ -98%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $13.52 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $13.65 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $14.75 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPHIX $15.62 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $15.98 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $18.43 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $18.43 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $18.43 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $18.43 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $18.43 ↓ -97%
BCBS BluePremier $21.02 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $21.51 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $21.51 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $21.52 ↓ -96%
Superior ValueHMO $22.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna Meritain $22.92 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $22.92 ↓ -96%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $23.35 ↓ -96%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $24.33 ↓ -95%
Aetna OON $26.97 ↓ -95%
Superior EPO $27.53 ↓ -95%
Superior HMO $27.53 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueEssentials $30.36 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $30.36 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $31.83 ↓ -94%
Oscar HIX $31.95 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare HIX $32.20 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $33.31 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $37.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $37.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $37.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $37.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $37.80 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $48.33 ↓ -91%
Cigna NewBusiness $48.38 ↓ -91%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $54.01 ↓ -90%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $54.01 ↓ -90%
Cigna HMO $54.01 ↓ -90%
Cigna AllOther $68.31 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $72.90 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $75.60 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $101.52 ↓ -81%
Unicare CHIP $118.80 ↓ -78%
Humana COMM $124.09 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $132.30 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $139.33 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $182.53 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $239.77 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $243.01 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $243.01 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $270.01 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $270.01 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $284.59 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $286.21 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $297.01 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $297.01 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $297.01 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $297.01 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $313.21 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $318.07 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $318.07 ↓ -41%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $378.01 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $378.01 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $378.01 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $383.41 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $388.81 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $405.01 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $432.02 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $432.02 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $459.02 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $464.42 ↓ -14%
Unicare MCD $540.02 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $540.02 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $540.02 ↑ +0%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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