Caregiver training strategies&tq 1st 30 minutes 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.

$26.13 with Superior Health Plan vs $373.25 with Independent Medical Systems — 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $26.13
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $26.13
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $26.13
Superior Health Plan STARKids $26.13
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $26.13
Cigna IFP $50.39
Humana Tricare $50.73
Cigna QHP $52.26
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $52.30
BCBS MGMCRHMO $52.30
BCBS MCRPPO $52.30
WellMed MGMCR $52.50
TriWest FEDERAL $52.76
Devoted Health PPO $52.76
Devoted Health HMO $52.76
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $52.76
Devoted Health SNP $52.76
Devoted Health MME $52.76
Devoted Health MCR $52.76
Devoted Health POS $52.76
Humana MGMCR $52.76
Amerigroup DualEligible $52.76
United MGMCR $53.02
Aetna MCR $53.21
Care N Care MGMCR $53.29
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $53.82
WellCare MGMCR $54.34
Integranet MGMCR $54.34
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $55.40
ProCare Advantge MCR $55.40
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $55.40
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $55.40
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $55.40
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $55.40
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $55.40
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $55.40
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $55.93
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $55.93
Molina MMP $57.51
Molina MCR $57.51
Molina MME $57.51
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $58.04
Aetna QHPHIX $60.84
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $63.31
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $68.59
United OptionsPPO $70.17
Oscar HIX $77.64
Bravo Health MCRHMO $79.14
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $79.14
Bravo Health MCRSNP $79.14
Bravo Health MCRPPO $79.14
Bravo Health MCRPOS $79.14
Unicare CHIP $82.11
Aetna NewBusiness $88.83
Superior ValueHMO $94.44
Aetna Meritain $95.55
Aetna COMM $95.55
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $100.24
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $104.46
Aetna OON $111.97
Superior HMO $118.18
Superior EPO $118.18
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $126.16
BCBS BluePremier $127.16
Molina Healthcare HIX $138.23
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $148.17
BCBS MyBlueHealth $148.17
BCBS Traditional $165.72
City of McKinney COMM $167.96
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $167.96
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $186.63
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $186.63
Aetna ASA $196.70
Cigna Lifesource COMM $197.82
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $205.29
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $205.29
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $205.29
Aetna WCOMP $205.29
Averde Health, Inc PPO $216.49
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $219.84
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $219.84
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $261.27
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $261.27
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $261.27
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $262.40
BCBS BlueEssentials $262.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $265.01
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $268.74
BCBS EPOSOA $275.33
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $279.94
BCBS PPO $288.26
USC Health Services COMM $298.60
USA Managed Care COMM $298.60
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $298.60
Galaxy Health Network PPO $317.26
Optum Transplant COMM $321.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $373.25
Unicare MCD $373.25
Independent Medical Systems COMM $373.25

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