Budesonide non-comp unit 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.

$1.15 with Humana vs $161.17 with Unicare — 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
Humana Tricare $1.15
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1.19
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1.73
United SmallGroup $1.73
United AllPayerAppendix $1.73
Cigna NewBusiness $7.75
Cigna LocalPlus $7.75
Cigna HMO $8.65
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $8.65
Cigna NetworkBenefit $8.65
Cigna AllOther $10.95
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $11.28
Superior Health Plan CHIP $11.28
Superior Health Plan STARKids $11.28
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $11.28
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $11.28
Humana COMM $16.17
BCBS MyBlueHealth $19.46
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $19.46
Cigna IFP $21.76
Cigna QHP $22.56
Aetna QHPHIX $26.27
BCBS BlueEssentials $28.48
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $28.48
BCBS EPOSOA $29.89
United OptionsPPO $30.30
BCBS PPO $31.30
BCBS BluePremier $35.08
Unicare CHIP $35.46
Aetna NewBusiness $38.36
Aetna Meritain $41.26
Aetna COMM $41.26
Aetna OON $48.35
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $54.48
BCBS Traditional $71.56
City of McKinney COMM $72.53
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $80.58
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $80.58
Aetna ASA $84.94
Cigna Lifesource COMM $85.42
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $88.64
Aetna WCOMP $88.64
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $88.64
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $88.64
Averde Health, Inc PPO $93.48
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $94.93
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $94.93
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $112.82
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $112.82
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $114.43
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $116.04
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $120.88
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $128.94
USA Managed Care COMM $128.94
USC Health Services COMM $128.94
Galaxy Health Network PPO $136.99
Optum Transplant COMM $138.61
Independent Medical Systems COMM $161.17
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $161.17
Unicare MCD $161.17

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Budesonide non-comp unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $73.03 $3.84 – $22.52
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $67.60 $1.19 – $22.01
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $73.03 $3.84 – $29.28
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $84.45 $20.92 – $20.92
Covenant Hospital Levelland Levelland $38.63 $20.92 – $20.92
Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock $73.03 not published
MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL Argyle $109.79 $1.15 – $19.46
MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL SAGINAW $140.31 $1.15 – $19.46

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