Assay of phenylketones 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.

$2.39 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $40.67 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 $2.39
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $2.39
United STARPerinate $3.34
United STAR $3.34
United CHIP $3.34
United STARPLUS $3.34
United STARKids $3.34
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $3.34
Amerigroup CHIP $3.34
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.34
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $3.51
Healthspring Life MCD $3.51
Aetna Better Health CHIP $3.61
Aetna Better Health MCD $3.61
Molina MCDSTAR $3.67
Molina STARKIDS $3.67
Molina CHIP $3.67
Molina STAR+PLUS $3.67
WellMed MGMCR $3.96
Devoted Health HMO $3.98
Devoted Health POS $3.98
Devoted Health MCR $3.98
Devoted Health MME $3.98
Amerigroup DualEligible $3.98
United SmallGroup $3.98
Humana MGMCR $3.98
BCBS MGMCRHMO $3.98
BCBS MCRPPO $3.98
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $3.98
Devoted Health PPO $3.98
Devoted Health SNP $3.98
United AllPayerAppendix $3.98
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.98
TriWest FEDERAL $3.98
United MGMCR $4.00
Aetna MCR $4.01
Care N Care MGMCR $4.02
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $4.06
WellCare MGMCR $4.10
Integranet MGMCR $4.10
Humana MGMCD $4.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $4.18
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $4.18
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $4.18
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $4.18
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $4.18
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $4.18
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $4.18
ProCare Advantge MCR $4.18
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $4.22
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $4.22
Humana Tricare $4.29
Molina MME $4.34
Molina MMP $4.34
Molina MCR $4.34
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $4.38
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $4.42
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $4.78
Aetna QHPHIX $5.07
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $5.17
Bravo Health MCRPOS $5.97
Bravo Health MCRSNP $5.97
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $5.97
Bravo Health MCRPPO $5.97
Bravo Health MCRHMO $5.97
BCBS BluePremier $6.81
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6.96
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $6.96
Aetna NewBusiness $6.98
Superior ValueHMO $7.12
Aetna Meritain $7.43
Aetna COMM $7.43
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $7.56
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7.88
Aetna OON $8.75
Superior EPO $8.92
Superior HMO $8.92
BCBS BlueEssentials $9.83
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $9.83
BCBS EPOSOA $10.31
Oscar HIX $10.35
Molina Healthcare HIX $10.43
BCBS PPO $10.79
Cigna LocalPlus $16.10
Cigna NewBusiness $16.11
Cigna HMO $17.99
Cigna NetworkBenefit $17.99
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $17.99
Cigna AllOther $22.75
Humana COMM $40.67
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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