Assay of osteocalcin 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.

$17.91 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $331.59 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 $17.91
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $17.91
United STARPerinate $25.07
United STARKids $25.07
United STARPLUS $25.07
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $25.07
Amerigroup MGMCD $25.07
Amerigroup CHIP $25.07
United CHIP $25.07
United STAR $25.07
Healthspring Life MCD $26.32
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $26.32
Aetna Better Health MCD $27.08
Aetna Better Health CHIP $27.08
Molina STAR+PLUS $27.58
Molina MCDSTAR $27.58
Molina CHIP $27.58
Molina STARKIDS $27.58
WellMed MGMCR $29.70
Devoted Health MCR $29.85
Devoted Health MME $29.85
United AllPayerAppendix $29.85
Amerigroup DualEligible $29.85
Devoted Health SNP $29.85
TriWest FEDERAL $29.85
United SmallGroup $29.85
BCBS MGMCRHMO $29.85
BCBS MCRPPO $29.85
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $29.85
Devoted Health PPO $29.85
Devoted Health HMO $29.85
Devoted Health POS $29.85
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $29.85
Humana MGMCR $29.85
United MGMCR $30.00
Aetna MCR $30.10
Care N Care MGMCR $30.15
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $30.45
WellCare MGMCR $30.75
Integranet MGMCR $30.75
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $31.34
Humana MGMCD $31.34
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $31.34
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $31.34
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $31.34
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $31.34
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $31.34
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $31.34
ProCare Advantge MCR $31.34
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $31.64
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $31.64
Humana Tricare $32.17
Molina MME $32.54
Molina MMP $32.54
Molina MCR $32.54
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $32.84
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $33.16
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $35.82
Aetna QHPHIX $37.97
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $38.80
Bravo Health MCRPOS $44.78
Bravo Health MCRSNP $44.78
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $44.78
Bravo Health MCRPPO $44.78
Bravo Health MCRHMO $44.78
BCBS BluePremier $51.04
BCBS MyBlueHealth $52.24
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $52.24
Aetna NewBusiness $52.30
Superior ValueHMO $53.43
Aetna Meritain $55.70
Aetna COMM $55.70
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $56.72
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $59.10
Aetna OON $65.55
Superior EPO $66.86
Superior HMO $66.86
BCBS BlueEssentials $73.73
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $73.73
BCBS EPOSOA $77.31
Oscar HIX $77.61
Molina Healthcare HIX $78.21
BCBS PPO $80.89
Cigna LocalPlus $118.14
Cigna NewBusiness $118.25
Cigna HMO $132.02
Cigna NetworkBenefit $132.02
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $132.02
Cigna AllOther $166.98
Humana COMM $331.59
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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