Dextrose 5 % IV bolus at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL
900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772
$178.45
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.
$178.45
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.
$3.53 with Humana vs $178.45 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 | $3.53 | ↓ -98% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $3.64 | ↓ -98% |
| United | SmallGroup | $4.85 | ↓ -97% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $4.85 | ↓ -97% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $4.85 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $12.49 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $12.49 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $12.49 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $12.49 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $12.49 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $18.40 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $18.41 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | HMO | $20.55 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $20.55 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $20.55 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | IFP | $24.09 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $24.98 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $26.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $29.09 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $33.55 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | COMM | $35.34 | ↓ -80% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $39.26 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $42.47 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | COMM | $45.68 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $45.68 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $52.30 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $52.30 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | OON | $53.53 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $60.32 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $76.56 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $76.56 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $79.23 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $80.30 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $80.35 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | PPO | $84.14 | ↓ -53% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $89.22 | ↓ -50% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $89.22 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $94.04 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $94.30 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $94.58 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $98.15 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $98.15 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $98.15 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $98.15 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $103.50 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $105.11 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $105.11 | ↓ -41% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $124.92 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $124.92 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $126.70 | ↓ -29% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $128.48 | ↓ -28% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $133.84 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $142.76 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $142.76 | ↓ -20% |
| TCU ATHLETICS | COMM | $142.76 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $151.68 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $153.47 | ↓ -14% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $178.45 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $178.45 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $178.45 | ↑ +0% |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $137.39 | $58.37 – $58.37 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $28.80 | $3.38 – $21.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $35.74 | $3.08 – $22.41 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $45.14 | $2.99 – $18.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $28.80 | $3.38 – $21.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $35.74 | $3.38 – $22.41 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $35.74 | $3.38 – $22.41 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $45.14 | $3.38 – $22.41 |