Assay of endocrine hormone 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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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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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.

$42.74 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $640.95 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $42.74
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $42.74
United STARPerinate $59.83
United STARKids $59.83
United STARPLUS $59.83
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $59.83
Amerigroup MGMCD $59.83
Amerigroup CHIP $59.83
United CHIP $59.83
United STAR $59.83
Healthspring Life MCD $62.82
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $62.82
Aetna Better Health MCD $64.62
Aetna Better Health CHIP $64.62
Molina STAR+PLUS $65.81
Molina MCDSTAR $65.81
Molina CHIP $65.81
Molina STARKIDS $65.81
WellMed MGMCR $70.87
Devoted Health MCR $71.23
Devoted Health MME $71.23
United AllPayerAppendix $71.23
Amerigroup DualEligible $71.23
Devoted Health SNP $71.23
TriWest FEDERAL $71.23
United SmallGroup $71.23
BCBS MGMCRHMO $71.23
BCBS MCRPPO $71.23
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $71.23
Devoted Health PPO $71.23
Devoted Health HMO $71.23
Devoted Health POS $71.23
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $71.23
Humana MGMCR $71.23
United MGMCR $71.59
Aetna MCR $71.84
Care N Care MGMCR $71.94
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $72.65
WellCare MGMCR $73.37
Integranet MGMCR $73.37
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $74.79
Humana MGMCD $74.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $74.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $74.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $74.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $74.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $74.79
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $74.79
ProCare Advantge MCR $74.79
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $75.50
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $75.50
Humana Tricare $76.76
Molina MME $77.64
Molina MMP $77.64
Molina MCR $77.64
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $78.35
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $79.13
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $85.48
Aetna QHPHIX $90.61
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $92.60
Bravo Health MCRPOS $106.84
Bravo Health MCRSNP $106.84
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $106.84
Bravo Health MCRPPO $106.84
Bravo Health MCRHMO $106.84
BCBS BluePremier $121.80
BCBS MyBlueHealth $124.65
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $124.65
Aetna NewBusiness $124.80
Superior ValueHMO $127.50
Aetna Meritain $132.92
Aetna COMM $132.92
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $135.34
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $141.04
Aetna OON $156.43
Superior EPO $159.56
Superior HMO $159.56
BCBS BlueEssentials $175.94
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $175.94
BCBS EPOSOA $184.49
Oscar HIX $185.20
Molina Healthcare HIX $186.62
BCBS PPO $193.03
Cigna LocalPlus $281.89
Cigna NewBusiness $282.16
Cigna HMO $315.02
Cigna NetworkBenefit $315.02
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $315.02
Cigna AllOther $398.43
Humana COMM $640.95
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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