Application finger splntstatic 29130 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

$425.74

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.

$425.74

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.

$29.80 with Superior Health Plan vs $4,332.00 with Aetna — 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 $29.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $29.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $29.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $29.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $29.80 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $57.47 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $59.60 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $80.04 ↓ -81%
BCBS BluePremier $81.41 ↓ -81%
Humana COMM $86.92 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $88.55 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $93.66 ↓ -78%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $105.16 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $105.16 ↓ -75%
WellMed MGMCR $134.54 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentials $135.81 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $135.81 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $142.62 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $143.90 ↓ -66%
BCBS PPO $149.01 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $189.03 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $191.58 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $191.58 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $212.87 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $212.87 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $224.36 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $225.64 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $234.16 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $234.16 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $234.16 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $234.16 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $246.93 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $250.76 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $250.76 ↓ -41%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $298.02 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $298.02 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $298.02 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $302.28 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $306.53 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $319.31 ↓ -25%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $340.59 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $340.59 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $340.59 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $361.88 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $366.14 ↓ -14%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $425.74 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $425.74 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $425.74 ↑ +0%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,373.00 ↑ +222%
United SmallGroup $1,454.00 ↑ +242%
Cigna LocalPlus $1,572.00 ↑ +269%
Cigna NewBusiness $1,574.00 ↑ +270%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00 ↑ +293%
Cigna HMO $1,757.00 ↑ +313%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,757.00 ↑ +313%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,757.00 ↑ +313%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00 ↑ +386%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00 ↑ +411%
Cigna AllOther $2,222.00 ↑ +422%
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00 ↑ +437%
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00 ↑ +490%
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00 ↑ +709%
Aetna COMM $3,682.00 ↑ +765%
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00 ↑ +765%
Aetna OON $4,332.00 ↑ +918%

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