Cystatin c 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

$16.51

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.

$16.51

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.

$1.16 with Superior Health Plan vs $166.65 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 CHIP $1.16 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $1.16 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $1.16 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.16 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.16 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $2.23 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $2.31 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $3.10 ↓ -81%
Unicare CHIP $3.63 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $4.04 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $4.26 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $5.58 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $7.33 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $7.43 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $7.43 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $8.26 ↓ -50%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $8.26 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $8.70 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $8.75 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $9.08 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $9.08 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $9.08 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $9.08 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $9.58 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $9.72 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $9.72 ↓ -41%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $11.11 ↓ -33%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $11.11 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $11.56 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $11.56 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $11.56 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $11.72 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $11.89 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $12.38 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $13.21 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $13.21 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $14.03 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $14.20 ↓ -14%
United STARKids $15.56 ↓ -6%
United CHIP $15.56 ↓ -6%
United STAR $15.56 ↓ -6%
United STARPLUS $15.56 ↓ -6%
United STARPerinate $15.56 ↓ -6%
Amerigroup CHIP $15.56 ↓ -6%
Amerigroup MGMCD $15.56 ↓ -6%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $15.56 ↓ -6%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $16.34 ↓ -1%
Healthspring Life MCD $16.34 ↓ -1%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $16.51 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $16.51 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $16.51 ↑ +0%
Aetna Better Health MCD $16.80 ↑ +2%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $16.80 ↑ +2%
Molina CHIP $17.12 ↑ +4%
Molina MCDSTAR $17.12 ↑ +4%
Molina STARKIDS $17.12 ↑ +4%
Molina STAR+PLUS $17.12 ↑ +4%
WellMed MGMCR $18.43 ↑ +12%
Devoted Health POS $18.52 ↑ +12%
Amerigroup DualEligible $18.52 ↑ +12%
Devoted Health SNP $18.52 ↑ +12%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $18.52 ↑ +12%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $18.52 ↑ +12%
United SmallGroup $18.52 ↑ +12%
Devoted Health HMO $18.52 ↑ +12%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.52 ↑ +12%
Humana MGMCR $18.52 ↑ +12%
BCBS MCRPPO $18.52 ↑ +12%
TriWest FEDERAL $18.52 ↑ +12%
Devoted Health MME $18.52 ↑ +12%
Devoted Health PPO $18.52 ↑ +12%
Devoted Health MCR $18.52 ↑ +12%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $18.52 ↑ +12%
United MGMCR $18.61 ↑ +13%
Aetna MCR $18.68 ↑ +13%
Care N Care MGMCR $18.71 ↑ +13%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $18.89 ↑ +14%
WellCare MGMCR $19.08 ↑ +16%
Integranet MGMCR $19.08 ↑ +16%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $19.45 ↑ +18%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $19.45 ↑ +18%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $19.45 ↑ +18%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $19.45 ↑ +18%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $19.45 ↑ +18%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $19.45 ↑ +18%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $19.45 ↑ +18%
Humana MGMCD $19.45 ↑ +18%
ProCare Advantge MCR $19.45 ↑ +18%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $19.63 ↑ +19%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $19.63 ↑ +19%
Humana Tricare $19.95 ↑ +21%
Molina MCR $20.19 ↑ +22%
Molina MMP $20.19 ↑ +22%
Molina MME $20.19 ↑ +22%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $20.37 ↑ +23%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $20.57 ↑ +25%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $22.22 ↑ +35%
Aetna QHPHIX $23.55 ↑ +43%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $24.08 ↑ +46%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $27.78 ↑ +68%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $27.78 ↑ +68%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $27.78 ↑ +68%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $27.78 ↑ +68%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $27.78 ↑ +68%
BCBS BluePremier $31.67 ↑ +92%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $32.41 ↑ +96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $32.41 ↑ +96%
Aetna NewBusiness $32.44 ↑ +96%
Superior ValueHMO $33.15 ↑ +101%
Aetna COMM $34.55 ↑ +109%
Aetna Meritain $34.55 ↑ +109%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $35.19 ↑ +113%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $36.67 ↑ +122%
Aetna OON $40.66 ↑ +146%
Superior HMO $41.48 ↑ +151%
Superior EPO $41.48 ↑ +151%
BCBS BlueEssentials $45.74 ↑ +177%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $45.74 ↑ +177%
BCBS EPOSOA $47.97 ↑ +191%
Oscar HIX $48.15 ↑ +192%
Molina Healthcare HIX $48.52 ↑ +194%
BCBS PPO $50.19 ↑ +204%
Cigna LocalPlus $73.85 ↑ +347%
Cigna NewBusiness $73.92 ↑ +348%
Cigna HMO $82.53 ↑ +400%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $82.53 ↑ +400%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $82.53 ↑ +400%
Cigna AllOther $104.38 ↑ +532%
Humana COMM $166.65 ↑ +909%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital

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