Administration vaccine pneumococcal 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.

$4.53 with Superior Health Plan vs $256.43 with BCBS — 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $4.53
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $4.53
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $4.53
Superior Health Plan CHIP $4.53
Superior Health Plan STARKids $4.53
Cigna IFP $8.73
Cigna QHP $9.05
Aetna QHPHIX $10.54
United OptionsPPO $12.15
Oscar HIX $13.45
Unicare CHIP $14.22
Aetna NewBusiness $15.39
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $15.84
Aetna Meritain $16.55
Aetna COMM $16.55
Evry Health COMM $16.68
Cigna LocalPlus $17.07
Cigna NewBusiness $17.07
Cigna HMO $19.07
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $19.07
Cigna NetworkBenefit $19.07
Aetna OON $19.40
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $21.85
Cigna AllOther $24.11
Curative Administrators COMM $25.86
BCBS Traditional $28.70
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $29.09
City of McKinney COMM $29.09
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $32.33
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $32.33
Aetna ASA $34.07
Cigna Lifesource COMM $34.26
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $35.56
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $35.56
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $35.56
Aetna WCOMP $35.56
Averde Health, Inc PPO $37.50
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $38.08
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $38.08
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $45.26
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $45.26
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $45.26
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $45.90
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $46.55
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $48.49
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $51.72
USC Health Services COMM $51.72
USA Managed Care COMM $51.72
Galaxy Health Network PPO $54.95
Optum Transplant COMM $55.60
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $64.65
Unicare MCD $64.65
Independent Medical Systems COMM $64.65
BCBS BluePremier $113.11
BCBS MyBlueHealth $131.81
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $131.81
Humana COMM $142.43
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $233.42
BCBS BlueEssentials $233.42
BCBS EPOSOA $244.92
BCBS PPO $256.43

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