Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen 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

$285.36

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.

$285.36

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.

$4.67 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $285.36 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $4.67 ↓ -98%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $4.67 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $6.54 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $6.54 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $6.54 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $6.54 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $6.54 ↓ -98%
United STAR $6.54 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $6.54 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.54 ↓ -98%
Healthspring Life MCD $6.87 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $6.87 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $7.06 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $7.06 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $7.19 ↓ -97%
Molina MCDSTAR $7.19 ↓ -97%
Molina CHIP $7.19 ↓ -97%
Molina STARKIDS $7.19 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $7.74 ↓ -97%
TriWest FEDERAL $7.78 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.78 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $7.78 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCR $7.78 ↓ -97%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $7.78 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $7.78 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7.78 ↓ -97%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $7.78 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health PPO $7.78 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health SNP $7.78 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MME $7.78 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health HMO $7.78 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $7.78 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health POS $7.78 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MCR $7.78 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $7.82 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $7.85 ↓ -97%
Care N Care MGMCR $7.86 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $7.94 ↓ -97%
WellCare MGMCR $8.01 ↓ -97%
Integranet MGMCR $8.01 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $8.17 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $8.17 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $8.17 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $8.17 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $8.17 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $8.17 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantge MCR $8.17 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $8.17 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $8.18 ↓ -97%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $8.25 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $8.25 ↓ -97%
Humana Tricare $8.38 ↓ -97%
Molina MMP $8.48 ↓ -97%
Molina MCR $8.48 ↓ -97%
Molina MME $8.48 ↓ -97%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $8.56 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.64 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $9.34 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPHIX $9.90 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $10.11 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $11.67 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $11.67 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $11.67 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $11.67 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $11.67 ↓ -96%
BCBS BluePremier $13.30 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $13.62 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $13.62 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $13.64 ↓ -95%
Superior ValueHMO $13.93 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $14.52 ↓ -95%
Aetna Meritain $14.52 ↓ -95%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $14.78 ↓ -95%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $15.40 ↓ -95%
Aetna OON $17.09 ↓ -94%
Superior EPO $17.43 ↓ -94%
Superior HMO $17.43 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $19.22 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueEssentials $19.22 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $19.98 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $19.98 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $19.98 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $19.98 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $19.98 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $20.15 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $20.23 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare HIX $20.38 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $21.08 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $30.86 ↓ -89%
Cigna NewBusiness $30.89 ↓ -89%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $34.48 ↓ -88%
Cigna HMO $34.48 ↓ -88%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $34.48 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $38.52 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $39.95 ↓ -86%
Cigna AllOther $43.62 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $53.65 ↓ -81%
Unicare CHIP $62.78 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $69.91 ↓ -76%
Humana COMM $70.01 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $73.62 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $96.45 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $126.70 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $128.41 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $128.41 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $142.68 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $142.68 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $150.38 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $151.24 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $156.95 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $156.95 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $156.95 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $156.95 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $165.51 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $168.08 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $168.08 ↓ -41%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $199.75 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $199.75 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $199.75 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $202.61 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $205.46 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $214.02 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $228.29 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $228.29 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $242.56 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $245.41 ↓ -14%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $285.36 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $285.36 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $285.36 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital

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