Assay phosphatidylglycerol 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.

$9.91 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $183.48 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 $9.91
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $9.91
United STARPerinate $13.88
United STARKids $13.88
United STARPLUS $13.88
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $13.88
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.88
Amerigroup CHIP $13.88
United CHIP $13.88
United STAR $13.88
Healthspring Life MCD $14.57
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $14.57
Aetna Better Health MCD $14.99
Aetna Better Health CHIP $14.99
Molina STAR+PLUS $15.27
Molina MCDSTAR $15.27
Molina CHIP $15.27
Molina STARKIDS $15.27
WellMed MGMCR $16.44
Devoted Health MCR $16.52
Devoted Health MME $16.52
United AllPayerAppendix $16.52
Amerigroup DualEligible $16.52
Devoted Health SNP $16.52
TriWest FEDERAL $16.52
United SmallGroup $16.52
BCBS MGMCRHMO $16.52
BCBS MCRPPO $16.52
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $16.52
Devoted Health PPO $16.52
Devoted Health HMO $16.52
Devoted Health POS $16.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.52
Humana MGMCR $16.52
United MGMCR $16.60
Aetna MCR $16.66
Care N Care MGMCR $16.69
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $16.85
WellCare MGMCR $17.02
Integranet MGMCR $17.02
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $17.35
Humana MGMCD $17.35
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $17.35
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $17.35
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $17.35
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $17.35
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $17.35
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $17.35
ProCare Advantge MCR $17.35
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $17.51
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $17.51
Humana Tricare $17.80
Molina MME $18.01
Molina MMP $18.01
Molina MCR $18.01
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $18.17
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $18.35
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $19.82
Aetna QHPHIX $21.01
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $21.48
Bravo Health MCRPOS $24.78
Bravo Health MCRSNP $24.78
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $24.78
Bravo Health MCRPPO $24.78
Bravo Health MCRHMO $24.78
BCBS BluePremier $28.25
BCBS MyBlueHealth $28.91
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $28.91
Aetna NewBusiness $28.94
Superior ValueHMO $29.57
Aetna Meritain $30.82
Aetna COMM $30.82
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $31.39
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $32.71
Aetna OON $36.27
Superior EPO $37.00
Superior HMO $37.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $40.80
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $40.80
BCBS EPOSOA $42.79
Oscar HIX $42.95
Molina Healthcare HIX $43.28
BCBS PPO $44.77
Cigna LocalPlus $65.76
Cigna NewBusiness $65.82
Cigna HMO $73.49
Cigna NetworkBenefit $73.49
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $73.49
Cigna AllOther $92.95
Humana COMM $183.48
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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