Chromosome banding study at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL
900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772
$175.02
Cash price 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.
$175.02
Gross charge 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.
$12.25 with Superior Health Plan vs $762.07 with Humana — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $12.25 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $12.25 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $12.25 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $12.25 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $12.25 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $23.63 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $24.50 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $32.90 | ↓ -81% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $38.50 | ↓ -78% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $41.16 | ↓ -76% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $41.16 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $42.88 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $45.16 | ↓ -74% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $57.62 | ↓ -67% |
| United | STAR | $57.62 | ↓ -67% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $57.62 | ↓ -67% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $57.62 | ↓ -67% |
| United | STARPerinate | $57.62 | ↓ -67% |
| United | STARPLUS | $57.62 | ↓ -67% |
| United | STARKids | $57.62 | ↓ -67% |
| United | CHIP | $57.62 | ↓ -67% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $59.16 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $60.50 | ↓ -65% |
| Healthspring Life | MCD | $60.50 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $62.23 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $62.23 | ↓ -64% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $63.38 | ↓ -64% |
| Molina | CHIP | $63.38 | ↓ -64% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $63.38 | ↓ -64% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $63.38 | ↓ -64% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $68.26 | ↓ -61% |
| Humana | MGMCR | $68.60 | ↓ -61% |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $68.60 | ↓ -61% |
| Devoted Health | SNP | $68.60 | ↓ -61% |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $68.60 | ↓ -61% |
| Devoted Health | POS | $68.60 | ↓ -61% |
| Devoted Health | MCR | $68.60 | ↓ -61% |
| Devoted Health | MME | $68.60 | ↓ -61% |
| TriWest | FEDERAL | $68.60 | ↓ -61% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $68.60 | ↓ -61% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $68.60 | ↓ -61% |
| United | SmallGroup | $68.60 | ↓ -61% |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $68.60 | ↓ -61% |
| Mutual of Omaha | MGMCR | $68.60 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $68.60 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $68.60 | ↓ -61% |
| United | MGMCR | $68.94 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | MCR | $69.18 | ↓ -60% |
| Care N Care | MGMCR | $69.29 | ↓ -60% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCR | $69.97 | ↓ -60% |
| WellCare | MGMCR | $70.66 | ↓ -60% |
| Integranet | MGMCR | $70.66 | ↓ -60% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $72.02 | ↓ -59% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPFFS | $72.03 | ↓ -59% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRDualEligible | $72.03 | ↓ -59% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPPO | $72.03 | ↓ -59% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRHMO | $72.03 | ↓ -59% |
| American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. | MGMCR | $72.03 | ↓ -59% |
| ProCare Advantge | MCR | $72.03 | ↓ -59% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRSNP | $72.03 | ↓ -59% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPOS | $72.03 | ↓ -59% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MCR | $72.72 | ↓ -58% |
| Texas Independent Health Plan | MGMCR | $72.72 | ↓ -58% |
| Humana | Tricare | $73.92 | ↓ -58% |
| Molina | MCR | $74.77 | ↓ -57% |
| Molina | MME | $74.77 | ↓ -57% |
| Molina | MMP | $74.77 | ↓ -57% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $75.46 | ↓ -57% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $76.21 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $77.71 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $78.76 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $78.76 | ↓ -55% |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $82.32 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $87.26 | ↓ -50% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $87.51 | ↓ -50% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $87.51 | ↓ -50% |
| Verda Health Plan | MGMCR | $89.18 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | ASA | $92.24 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $92.76 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $96.26 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $96.26 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $96.26 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $96.26 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $101.51 | ↓ -42% |
| Bravo Health | MCRHMO | $102.90 | ↓ -41% |
| Bravo Health | MCRPOS | $102.90 | ↓ -41% |
| Bravo Health | MCRSNP | $102.90 | ↓ -41% |
| Bravo Health | MCRPPO | $102.90 | ↓ -41% |
| Bravo Health | MCRPFFS | $102.90 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $103.09 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $103.09 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $117.31 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $120.05 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $120.05 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $120.19 | ↓ -31% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $122.51 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $122.51 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $122.51 | ↓ -30% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $122.79 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $124.26 | ↓ -29% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $126.01 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $128.01 | ↓ -27% |
| Aetna | COMM | $128.01 | ↓ -27% |
| USA Managed Care | WORKERSCOMP | $130.34 | ↓ -26% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $131.26 | ↓ -25% |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $135.83 | ↓ -22% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $140.02 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $140.02 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $148.77 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $150.52 | ↓ -14% |
| Aetna | OON | $150.65 | ↓ -14% |
| Superior | EPO | $153.66 | ↓ -12% |
| Superior | HMO | $153.66 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $169.44 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $169.44 | ↓ -3% |
| Unicare | MCD | $175.02 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $175.02 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $175.02 | ↑ +0% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $177.67 | ↑ +2% |
| Oscar | HIX | $178.36 | ↑ +2% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $179.73 | ↑ +3% |
| BCBS | PPO | $185.91 | ↑ +6% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $271.18 | ↑ +55% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $271.44 | ↑ +55% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $303.04 | ↑ +73% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $303.04 | ↑ +73% |
| Cigna | HMO | $303.04 | ↑ +73% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $383.29 | ↑ +119% |
| Humana | COMM | $762.07 | ↑ +335% |
| TCU ATHLETICS | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Chromosome banding study at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $272.21 | $35.00 – $340.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $293.03 | $36.00 – $439.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $293.03 | $36.00 – $366.29 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $272.21 | $35.00 – $340.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $293.03 | $36.00 – $439.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $293.03 | $26.00 – $439.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $293.03 | $36.00 – $439.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $272.21 | $35.00 – $340.26 |