Acylcarnitines qual 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

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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.

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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.

$9.89 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $154.14 with Humana — 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 $9.89
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $9.89
United STARPerinate $13.85
United STARKids $13.85
United STARPLUS $13.85
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $13.85
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.85
Amerigroup CHIP $13.85
United CHIP $13.85
United STAR $13.85
Healthspring Life MCD $14.54
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $14.54
Aetna Better Health MCD $14.96
Aetna Better Health CHIP $14.96
Molina STAR+PLUS $15.24
Molina MCDSTAR $15.24
Molina CHIP $15.24
Molina STARKIDS $15.24
WellMed MGMCR $16.41
Devoted Health MCR $16.49
Devoted Health MME $16.49
United AllPayerAppendix $16.49
Amerigroup DualEligible $16.49
Devoted Health SNP $16.49
TriWest FEDERAL $16.49
United SmallGroup $16.49
BCBS MGMCRHMO $16.49
BCBS MCRPPO $16.49
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $16.49
Devoted Health PPO $16.49
Devoted Health HMO $16.49
Devoted Health POS $16.49
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.49
Humana MGMCR $16.49
United MGMCR $16.57
Aetna MCR $16.63
Care N Care MGMCR $16.65
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $16.82
WellCare MGMCR $16.98
Integranet MGMCR $16.98
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $17.31
Humana MGMCD $17.31
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $17.31
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $17.31
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $17.31
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $17.31
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $17.31
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $17.31
ProCare Advantge MCR $17.31
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $17.48
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $17.48
Humana Tricare $17.77
Molina MME $17.97
Molina MMP $17.97
Molina MCR $17.97
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $18.14
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $18.32
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $19.79
Aetna QHPHIX $20.97
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $21.44
Bravo Health MCRPOS $24.73
Bravo Health MCRSNP $24.73
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $24.73
Bravo Health MCRPPO $24.73
Bravo Health MCRHMO $24.73
BCBS BluePremier $28.20
BCBS MyBlueHealth $28.86
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $28.86
Aetna NewBusiness $28.88
Superior ValueHMO $29.52
Aetna Meritain $30.76
Aetna COMM $30.76
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $31.33
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $32.65
Aetna OON $36.20
Superior EPO $36.94
Superior HMO $36.94
BCBS BlueEssentials $40.73
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $40.73
BCBS EPOSOA $42.71
Oscar HIX $42.87
Molina Healthcare HIX $43.20
BCBS PPO $44.69
Cigna LocalPlus $65.76
Cigna NewBusiness $65.82
Cigna HMO $73.49
Cigna NetworkBenefit $73.49
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $73.49
Cigna AllOther $92.95
Humana COMM $154.14
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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