Acetylcysteine non-comp unit 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

$125.83

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.

$125.83

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.

$5.28 with BCBS vs $125.83 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.

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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
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $5.28 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $5.28 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $7.73 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentials $7.73 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $8.11 ↓ -94%
Humana Tricare $8.19 ↓ -93%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.44 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $8.49 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $8.81 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $8.81 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $8.81 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $8.81 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $8.81 ↓ -93%
BCBS BluePremier $9.52 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.96 ↓ -89%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.96 ↓ -89%
United SmallGroup $13.96 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $16.99 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $17.62 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $20.51 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $23.66 ↓ -81%
Unicare CHIP $27.68 ↓ -78%
Aetna NewBusiness $29.95 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMM $32.21 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $32.21 ↓ -74%
Aetna OON $37.75 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $42.53 ↓ -66%
Humana COMM $48.14 ↓ -62%
Cigna LocalPlus $53.79 ↓ -57%
Cigna NewBusiness $53.85 ↓ -57%
BCBS Traditional $55.87 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $56.62 ↓ -55%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $60.10 ↓ -52%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $60.10 ↓ -52%
Cigna HMO $60.10 ↓ -52%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $62.91 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $62.91 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $66.31 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $66.69 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $69.21 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $69.21 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $69.21 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $69.21 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $72.98 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $74.11 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $74.11 ↓ -41%
Cigna AllOther $76.03 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $88.08 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $88.08 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $89.34 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $90.60 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $94.37 ↓ -25%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $100.66 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $100.66 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $100.66 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $106.96 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $108.21 ↓ -14%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $125.83 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $125.83 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $125.83 ↑ +0%

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