Antibody elution rbc reference 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

$504.74

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.

$504.74

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.

$35.33 with Superior Health Plan vs $504.74 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 STARHealth $35.33 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $35.33 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $35.33 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $35.33 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $35.33 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $41.55 ↓ -92%
Aetna NewBusiness $57.23 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMM $60.96 ↓ -88%
Aetna Meritain $60.96 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $68.14 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $70.66 ↓ -86%
Aetna OON $71.74 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $94.89 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $104.99 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $111.04 ↓ -78%
Cigna LocalPlus $122.18 ↓ -76%
Cigna NewBusiness $122.30 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $123.66 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $130.22 ↓ -74%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $136.54 ↓ -73%
Cigna HMO $136.54 ↓ -73%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $136.54 ↓ -73%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -70%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $149.16 ↓ -70%
United SmallGroup $149.16 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $170.60 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $172.69 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $224.10 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $227.13 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $227.13 ↓ -55%
BCBS BluePremier $245.38 ↓ -51%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $251.13 ↓ -50%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $251.13 ↓ -50%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $252.37 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $252.37 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $266.00 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $267.51 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $277.61 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $277.61 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $277.61 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $277.61 ↓ -45%
Humana COMM $282.55 ↓ -44%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $292.75 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $297.29 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $297.29 ↓ -41%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $353.32 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $353.32 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $353.32 ↓ -30%
BCBS BlueEssentials $354.45 ↓ -30%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $354.45 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $358.37 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $363.41 ↓ -28%
BCBS EPOSOA $371.66 ↓ -26%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $378.56 ↓ -25%
BCBS PPO $388.88 ↓ -23%
USC Health Services COMM $403.79 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $403.79 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $429.03 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $434.08 ↓ -14%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $504.74 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $504.74 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $504.74 ↑ +0%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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