Chylomicron screen, bf - sendout 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.

$20.19 with Superior Health Plan vs $553.40 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.

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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 STARPLUS $20.19
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $20.19
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $20.19
Superior Health Plan CHIP $20.19
Superior Health Plan STARKids $20.19
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $36.90
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $36.90
Cigna IFP $38.94
Cigna QHP $40.38
United STARKids $51.66
United CHIP $51.66
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $51.66
Amerigroup MGMCD $51.66
Amerigroup CHIP $51.66
United STARPerinate $51.66
United STARPLUS $51.66
United STAR $51.66
United OptionsPPO $54.22
Healthspring Life MCD $54.24
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $54.24
Aetna Better Health MCD $55.79
Aetna Better Health CHIP $55.79
Molina MCDSTAR $56.83
Molina STAR+PLUS $56.83
Molina CHIP $56.83
Molina STARKIDS $56.83
WellMed MGMCR $61.19
United SmallGroup $61.50
Devoted Health PPO $61.50
Devoted Health SNP $61.50
Devoted Health HMO $61.50
Devoted Health POS $61.50
Devoted Health MCR $61.50
Devoted Health MME $61.50
Humana MGMCR $61.50
TriWest FEDERAL $61.50
United AllPayerAppendix $61.50
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $61.50
Amerigroup DualEligible $61.50
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $61.50
BCBS MCRPPO $61.50
BCBS MGMCRHMO $61.50
United MGMCR $61.81
Aetna MCR $62.02
Care N Care MGMCR $62.12
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $62.73
Integranet MGMCR $63.34
WellCare MGMCR $63.34
Unicare CHIP $63.45
Humana MGMCD $64.57
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $64.58
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $64.58
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $64.58
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $64.58
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $64.58
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $64.58
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $64.58
ProCare Advantge MCR $64.58
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $65.19
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $65.19
Humana Tricare $66.27
Molina MME $67.04
Molina MMP $67.04
Molina MCR $67.04
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $67.65
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $68.32
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $70.66
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $73.80
Evry Health COMM $74.41
Aetna QHPHIX $78.23
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $79.95
Bravo Health MCRPOS $92.25
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $92.25
Bravo Health MCRSNP $92.25
Bravo Health MCRPPO $92.25
Bravo Health MCRHMO $92.25
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $97.49
BCBS BluePremier $105.16
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $107.63
BCBS MyBlueHealth $107.63
Aetna NewBusiness $107.75
Superior ValueHMO $110.09
Aetna COMM $114.76
Aetna Meritain $114.76
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $116.85
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $121.77
BCBS Traditional $128.06
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $129.79
City of McKinney COMM $129.79
Aetna OON $135.05
Superior EPO $137.76
Superior HMO $137.76
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $144.21
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $144.21
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $151.91
BCBS BlueEssentials $151.91
Aetna ASA $152.00
Cigna Lifesource COMM $152.86
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $158.63
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $158.63
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $158.63
Aetna WCOMP $158.63
BCBS EPOSOA $159.28
Oscar HIX $159.90
Molina Healthcare HIX $161.13
BCBS PPO $166.66
Averde Health, Inc PPO $167.28
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $169.88
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $169.88
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $201.89
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $201.89
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $201.89
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $204.78
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $207.66
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $216.31
USA Managed Care COMM $230.74
USC Health Services COMM $230.74
Cigna LocalPlus $242.99
Cigna NewBusiness $243.22
Galaxy Health Network PPO $245.16
Optum Transplant COMM $248.04
Cigna NetworkBenefit $271.54
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $271.54
Cigna HMO $271.54
Unicare MCD $288.42
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $288.42
Independent Medical Systems COMM $288.42
Cigna AllOther $343.44
Humana COMM $553.40
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital

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