Dextrose 5 % in water (d5w) intravenous solution (non-pvc) at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL
900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772
$164.78
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.
$164.78
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.
$1.77 with Humana vs $164.78 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humana | Tricare | $1.77 | ↓ -99% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $1.82 | ↓ -99% |
| United | SmallGroup | $2.89 | ↓ -98% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $2.89 | ↓ -98% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2.89 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $11.53 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $11.53 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $11.53 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $11.53 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $11.53 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $12.28 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $12.30 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $13.72 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $13.72 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | HMO | $13.72 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $17.36 | ↓ -89% |
| Humana | COMM | $18.10 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $22.25 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $23.07 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $26.15 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $26.15 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $26.86 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $30.98 | ↓ -81% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $36.25 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $38.28 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $38.28 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $39.22 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $40.17 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | PPO | $42.07 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | COMM | $42.18 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $42.18 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $47.15 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | OON | $49.43 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $55.70 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $73.16 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $74.15 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $82.39 | ↓ -50% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $82.39 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $86.84 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $87.33 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $90.63 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $90.63 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $90.63 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $90.63 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $95.57 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $97.06 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $97.06 | ↓ -41% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $115.35 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $115.35 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $116.99 | ↓ -29% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $118.64 | ↓ -28% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $123.58 | ↓ -25% |
| TCU ATHLETICS | COMM | $131.82 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $131.82 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $131.82 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $140.06 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $141.71 | ↓ -14% |
| Unicare | MCD | $164.78 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $164.78 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $164.78 | ↑ +0% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $39.88 | $29.18 – $29.18 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $31.32 | $2.06 – $11.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $31.32 | $1.74 – $12.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $31.32 | $1.69 – $10.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $31.32 | $2.06 – $11.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $31.32 | $2.06 – $12.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $31.32 | $2.06 – $12.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $31.32 | $2.06 – $12.69 |