Bactericidal level serum 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

$573.76

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.

$573.76

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.

$9.01 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $573.76 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 $9.01 ↓ -98%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $9.01 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $12.62 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $12.62 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $12.62 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.62 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $12.62 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $12.62 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $12.62 ↓ -98%
United STAR $12.62 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $13.25 ↓ -98%
Healthspring Life MCD $13.25 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $13.63 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $13.63 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $13.88 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $13.88 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $13.88 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $13.88 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $14.94 ↓ -97%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $15.02 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health PPO $15.02 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $15.02 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health POS $15.02 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $15.02 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health SNP $15.02 ↓ -97%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $15.02 ↓ -97%
TriWest FEDERAL $15.02 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health HMO $15.02 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCR $15.02 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $15.02 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MCR $15.02 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $15.02 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $15.02 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MME $15.02 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $15.10 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $15.15 ↓ -97%
Care N Care MGMCR $15.17 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $15.32 ↓ -97%
WellCare MGMCR $15.47 ↓ -97%
Integranet MGMCR $15.47 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $15.77 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantge MCR $15.77 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $15.77 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $15.77 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $15.77 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $15.77 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $15.77 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $15.77 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $15.77 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $15.92 ↓ -97%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $15.92 ↓ -97%
Humana Tricare $16.19 ↓ -97%
Molina MMP $16.37 ↓ -97%
Molina MME $16.37 ↓ -97%
Molina MCR $16.37 ↓ -97%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $16.52 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $16.69 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $18.02 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPHIX $19.10 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $19.53 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $22.53 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $22.53 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $22.53 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $22.53 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $22.53 ↓ -96%
BCBS BluePremier $25.68 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $26.29 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $26.29 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $26.31 ↓ -95%
Superior ValueHMO $26.89 ↓ -95%
Aetna Meritain $28.02 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $28.02 ↓ -95%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $28.54 ↓ -95%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $29.74 ↓ -95%
Aetna OON $32.98 ↓ -94%
Superior EPO $33.64 ↓ -94%
Superior HMO $33.64 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentials $37.10 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $37.10 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $38.90 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $39.05 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare HIX $39.35 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $40.16 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $40.16 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $40.16 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $40.16 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $40.16 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $40.70 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $59.05 ↓ -90%
Cigna NewBusiness $59.10 ↓ -90%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $65.99 ↓ -88%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $65.99 ↓ -88%
Cigna HMO $65.99 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $77.46 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $80.33 ↓ -86%
Cigna AllOther $83.46 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $107.87 ↓ -81%
Unicare CHIP $126.23 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $140.57 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $148.03 ↓ -74%
Humana COMM $166.92 ↓ -71%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $193.93 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $254.75 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $258.19 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $258.19 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $286.88 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $286.88 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $302.37 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $304.09 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $315.57 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $315.57 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $315.57 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $315.57 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $332.78 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $337.94 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $337.94 ↓ -41%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $401.63 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $401.63 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $401.63 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $407.37 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $413.11 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $430.32 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $459.01 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $459.01 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $487.70 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $493.43 ↓ -14%
Unicare MCD $573.76 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $573.76 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $573.76 ↑ +0%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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