Cholesterol 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.

$2.61 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $447.98 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 $2.61
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $2.61
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $3.65
Amerigroup CHIP $3.65
United CHIP $3.65
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.65
United STARPerinate $3.65
United STARPLUS $3.65
United STARKids $3.65
United STAR $3.65
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $3.83
Healthspring Life MCD $3.83
Aetna Better Health CHIP $3.94
Aetna Better Health MCD $3.94
Molina MCDSTAR $4.02
Molina STARKIDS $4.02
Molina STAR+PLUS $4.02
Molina CHIP $4.02
WellMed MGMCR $4.33
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $4.35
Devoted Health PPO $4.35
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.35
Devoted Health POS $4.35
United SmallGroup $4.35
Devoted Health SNP $4.35
BCBS MGMCRHMO $4.35
TriWest FEDERAL $4.35
Devoted Health HMO $4.35
Humana MGMCR $4.35
United AllPayerAppendix $4.35
Devoted Health MCR $4.35
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.35
BCBS MCRPPO $4.35
Devoted Health MME $4.35
United MGMCR $4.37
Care N Care MGMCR $4.39
Aetna MCR $4.39
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $4.44
Integranet MGMCR $4.48
WellCare MGMCR $4.48
Humana MGMCD $4.56
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $4.57
ProCare Advantge MCR $4.57
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $4.57
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $4.57
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $4.57
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $4.57
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $4.57
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $4.57
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $4.61
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $4.61
Humana Tricare $4.69
Molina MMP $4.74
Molina MME $4.74
Molina MCR $4.74
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $4.79
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $4.83
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.22
Aetna QHPHIX $5.53
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $5.65
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $6.52
Bravo Health MCRSNP $6.52
Bravo Health MCRPPO $6.52
Bravo Health MCRPOS $6.52
Bravo Health MCRHMO $6.52
BCBS BluePremier $7.44
BCBS MyBlueHealth $7.61
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $7.61
Aetna NewBusiness $7.62
Superior ValueHMO $7.79
Aetna Meritain $8.12
Aetna COMM $8.12
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $8.26
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $8.61
Aetna OON $9.55
Superior EPO $9.74
Superior HMO $9.74
BCBS BlueEssentials $10.74
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $10.74
BCBS EPOSOA $11.27
Oscar HIX $11.31
Molina Healthcare HIX $11.40
BCBS PPO $11.79
Cigna LocalPlus $17.47
Cigna NewBusiness $17.49
Cigna HMO $19.53
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $19.53
Cigna NetworkBenefit $19.53
Cigna AllOther $24.70
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $31.36
Superior Health Plan CHIP $31.36
Superior Health Plan STARKids $31.36
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $31.36
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $31.36
Humana COMM $48.32
Cigna IFP $60.48
Cigna QHP $62.72
United OptionsPPO $84.22
Unicare CHIP $98.56
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $109.76
Evry Health COMM $115.58
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $151.42
BCBS Traditional $198.90
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $201.59
City of McKinney COMM $201.59
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $223.99
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $223.99
Aetna ASA $236.09
Cigna Lifesource COMM $237.43
Aetna WCOMP $246.39
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $246.39
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $246.39
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $246.39
Averde Health, Inc PPO $259.83
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $263.86
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $263.86
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $313.59
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $313.59
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $313.59
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $318.07
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $322.55
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $335.99
USA Managed Care COMM $358.38
USC Health Services COMM $358.38
Galaxy Health Network PPO $380.78
Optum Transplant COMM $385.26
Unicare MCD $447.98
Independent Medical Systems COMM $447.98
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $447.98
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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