Critical care each additional 30 minutes 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.

$74.83 with Humana vs $9,675.00 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
Humana COMM $74.83
Cigna IFP $716.59
Cigna QHP $743.13
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $800.00
United OptionsPPO $997.92
Unicare CHIP $1,167.78
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,300.48
Evry Health COMM $1,369.48
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,794.13
Curative Administrators COMM $2,123.23
BCBS Traditional $2,356.79
City of McKinney COMM $2,388.64
Oscar HIX $2,433.00
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,654.04
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $2,654.04
Aetna ASA $2,797.36
Cigna Lifesource COMM $2,813.28
Aetna WCOMP $2,919.44
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,919.44
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,919.44
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,919.44
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,078.69
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $3,126.46
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $3,126.46
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3,448.00
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,715.66
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,715.66
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,715.66
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,768.74
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $3,821.82
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,981.06
United SmallGroup $4,100.00
USA Managed Care COMM $4,246.46
USC Health Services COMM $4,246.46
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4,511.87
BCBS BluePremier $4,560.00
Optum Transplant COMM $4,564.95
Independent Medical Systems COMM $5,308.08
Unicare MCD $5,308.08
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,308.08
Aetna QHPHIX $5,617.00
Cigna LocalPlus $5,630.00
Cigna NewBusiness $5,635.00
United AllPayerAppendix $5,900.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $6,000.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6,000.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $6,290.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $6,290.00
Cigna HMO $6,290.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $7,000.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $7,000.00
BCBS EPOSOA $7,360.00
Aetna NewBusiness $7,696.00
BCBS PPO $7,720.00
Cigna AllOther $7,957.00
Aetna Meritain $8,224.00
Aetna COMM $8,224.00
Aetna OON $9,675.00

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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,597.43 $437.05 – $437.05
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $845.09 $239.44 – $3,000.00
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $845.09 $225.36 – $6,643.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $686.86 $220.48 – $10,880.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $686.86 $354.88 – $1,030.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,013.20 $337.73 – $7,280.00

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