Change of windpipe airway 31502 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.

$87.58 with United vs $4,332.00 with Aetna — 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
United STARPerinate $87.58
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $87.58
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $87.58
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $87.58
United CHIP $87.58
United STAR $87.58
United STARKids $87.58
United STARPLUS $87.58
Amerigroup CHIP $91.96
Healthspring Life MCD $91.96
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $91.96
Amerigroup MGMCD $91.96
Molina STARKIDS $96.34
Molina MCDSTAR $96.34
Molina CHIP $96.34
Molina STAR+PLUS $96.34
Aetna Better Health CHIP $105.10
Aetna Better Health MCD $105.10
Humana MGMCD $109.47
WellMed MGMCR $239.51
Humana COMM $249.02
BCBS BluePremier $301.39
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $566.12
BCBS MyBlueHealth $566.12
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $625.17
BCBS BlueEssentials $625.17
BCBS EPOSOA $655.72
BCBS PPO $686.27
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,373.00
United SmallGroup $1,454.00
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Cigna LocalPlus $2,514.00
Cigna NewBusiness $2,515.00
Oscar HIX $2,636.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2,808.00
Cigna HMO $2,808.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,808.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Cigna AllOther $3,553.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00

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Change of windpipe airway 31502 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $583.92 $87.58 – $729.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $422.65 $71.00 – $633.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $499.54 $71.00 – $624.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $583.92 $87.58 – $729.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $422.65 $85.00 – $633.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $422.65 $87.58 – $633.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $499.54 $71.00 – $749.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $583.92 $87.58 – $729.90

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