Consultation/report referred material w/preparation of slides at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL
900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772
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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.
not published by hospital
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.
$7.52 with Superior Health Plan vs $282.10 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 |
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| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $7.52 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $7.52 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $7.52 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $7.52 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $7.52 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $14.50 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $15.03 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $20.19 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $22.34 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $23.63 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $26.31 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $27.71 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $35.47 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $36.30 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $47.68 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $48.33 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $48.33 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $48.85 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $49.76 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $49.76 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $49.76 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $52.03 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $52.03 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $53.70 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $53.70 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $56.59 | — |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $56.92 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $59.06 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $59.06 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $59.06 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $59.06 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $61.23 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $62.29 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $63.25 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $63.25 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $75.17 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $75.17 | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $75.17 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $76.25 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $77.32 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $80.54 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $84.59 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $85.91 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $85.91 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $86.57 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $86.57 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $91.28 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $92.36 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $107.39 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $107.39 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $107.39 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $112.51 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $112.61 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $122.19 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $122.19 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $125.73 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $125.73 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $125.73 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $128.13 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $134.06 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $159.02 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $282.10 | — |
| TCU ATHLETICS | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $275.42 | $35.00 – $344.28 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $309.65 | $36.00 – $464.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $230.32 | $36.00 – $287.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $275.42 | $35.00 – $344.28 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $309.65 | $36.00 – $464.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $309.65 | $26.00 – $464.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $230.32 | $36.00 – $345.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $275.42 | $35.00 – $344.28 |