Alginate dressing <=16 sq in 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.

$8.98 with BCBS vs $59.23 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.98
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $8.98
BCBS BluePremier $10.17
Humana Tricare $10.18
BCBS MGMCRHMO $10.28
BCBS MCRPPO $10.28
WellMed MGMCR $10.44
TriWest FEDERAL $10.49
Devoted Health PPO $10.49
Devoted Health SNP $10.49
Devoted Health HMO $10.49
Devoted Health POS $10.49
Devoted Health MCR $10.49
Devoted Health MME $10.49
Humana MGMCR $10.49
Amerigroup DualEligible $10.49
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $10.49
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $10.49
United MGMCR $10.54
Aetna MCR $10.58
Care N Care MGMCR $10.59
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $10.70
Integranet MGMCR $10.80
WellCare MGMCR $10.80
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $11.01
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $11.01
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $11.01
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $11.01
ProCare Advantge MCR $11.01
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $11.01
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $11.01
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $11.01
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $11.12
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $11.12
Molina MMP $11.43
Molina MCR $11.43
Molina MME $11.43
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $11.54
BCBS BlueEssentials $11.54
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $11.54
BCBS EPOSOA $12.14
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $12.59
BCBS PPO $12.65
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $13.64
Bravo Health MCRHMO $15.73
Bravo Health MCRPOS $15.73
Bravo Health MCRPPO $15.73
Bravo Health MCRSNP $15.73
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $15.73
Superior ValueHMO $18.78
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $19.93
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $20.77
Superior EPO $23.50
Superior HMO $23.50
Molina Healthcare HIX $27.48
Humana COMM $59.23

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Alginate dressing <=16 sq in at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen $21.50 not published
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound Flower Mound $21.50 not published
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $21.50 not published
Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital Arlington $21.50 not published
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton Denton $21.50 not published
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano Plano $21.50 not published
Texas Health Hospital Rockwall Rockwall $21.50 not published
Ascension Providence Waco $16.56 $9.58 – $10.69

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