Aminolevulinic acid delta 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

$796.24

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.

$796.24

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.

$9.87 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $796.24 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 $9.87 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $9.87 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $13.82 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $13.82 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $13.82 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.82 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $13.82 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $13.82 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $13.82 ↓ -98%
United STAR $13.82 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $14.51 ↓ -98%
Healthspring Life MCD $14.51 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $14.93 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $14.93 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $15.20 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $15.20 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $15.20 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $15.20 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $16.37 ↓ -98%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $16.45 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health PPO $16.45 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $16.45 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health POS $16.45 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $16.45 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health SNP $16.45 ↓ -98%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $16.45 ↓ -98%
TriWest FEDERAL $16.45 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health HMO $16.45 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCR $16.45 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.45 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCR $16.45 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.45 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $16.45 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MME $16.45 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $16.53 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $16.59 ↓ -98%
Care N Care MGMCR $16.61 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $16.78 ↓ -98%
WellCare MGMCR $16.94 ↓ -98%
Integranet MGMCR $16.94 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $17.27 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantge MCR $17.27 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $17.27 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $17.27 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $17.27 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $17.27 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $17.27 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $17.27 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $17.27 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $17.44 ↓ -98%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $17.44 ↓ -98%
Humana Tricare $17.72 ↓ -98%
Molina MMP $17.93 ↓ -98%
Molina MME $17.93 ↓ -98%
Molina MCR $17.93 ↓ -98%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $18.10 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $18.27 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $19.74 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPHIX $20.92 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $21.39 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $24.67 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $24.67 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $24.67 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $24.67 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $24.67 ↓ -97%
BCBS BluePremier $28.13 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $28.79 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $28.79 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $28.82 ↓ -96%
Superior ValueHMO $29.45 ↓ -96%
Aetna Meritain $30.70 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $30.70 ↓ -96%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $31.25 ↓ -96%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $32.57 ↓ -96%
Aetna OON $36.12 ↓ -95%
Superior EPO $36.85 ↓ -95%
Superior HMO $36.85 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueEssentials $40.63 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $40.63 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $42.61 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $42.77 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare HIX $43.10 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $44.58 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $55.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $55.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $55.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $55.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $55.74 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $65.76 ↓ -92%
Cigna NewBusiness $65.82 ↓ -92%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $73.49 ↓ -91%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $73.49 ↓ -91%
Cigna HMO $73.49 ↓ -91%
Cigna AllOther $92.95 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $107.49 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $111.47 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $149.69 ↓ -81%
Unicare CHIP $175.17 ↓ -78%
Humana COMM $182.76 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $195.08 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $205.43 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $269.13 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $353.53 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $358.31 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $358.31 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $398.12 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $398.12 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $419.62 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $422.01 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $437.93 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $437.93 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $437.93 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $437.93 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $461.82 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $468.99 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $468.99 ↓ -41%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $557.37 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $557.37 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $557.37 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $565.33 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $573.29 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $597.18 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $636.99 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $636.99 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $676.80 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $684.77 ↓ -14%
Unicare MCD $796.24 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $796.24 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $796.24 ↑ +0%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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