Echo guide for artery repair 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.

$110.07 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,572.42 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 MCDSTAR $110.07
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $110.07
Superior Health Plan CHIP $110.07
Superior Health Plan STARKids $110.07
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $110.07
BCBS BluePremier $207.14
Cigna IFP $212.28
Cigna QHP $220.14
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $228.03
BCBS MyBlueHealth $228.03
United CHIP $260.96
United STAR $260.96
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $260.96
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $260.96
Amerigroup MGMCD $260.96
Amerigroup CHIP $260.96
United STARPLUS $260.96
United STARKids $260.96
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $260.96
United STARPerinate $260.96
Healthspring Life MCD $274.01
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $274.01
Aetna Better Health CHIP $281.84
Aetna Better Health MCD $281.84
Aetna QHPHIX $284.11
Molina MCDSTAR $287.06
Molina STARKIDS $287.06
Molina STAR+PLUS $287.06
Molina CHIP $287.06
United OptionsPPO $295.61
Humana MGMCD $326.20
United SmallGroup $335.92
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $335.92
Unicare CHIP $345.93
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $385.24
Aetna NewBusiness $389.54
Evry Health COMM $405.68
Aetna Meritain $417.28
Aetna COMM $417.28
Humana COMM $487.29
Aetna OON $489.42
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $531.48
United AllPayerAppendix $595.01
Curative Administrators COMM $628.97
Cigna LocalPlus $670.16
Cigna NewBusiness $670.80
BCBS BlueEssentials $677.13
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $677.13
BCBS Traditional $698.15
City of McKinney COMM $707.59
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $707.59
BCBS EPOSOA $710.21
BCBS PPO $743.28
Cigna HMO $748.91
Cigna NetworkBenefit $748.91
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $748.91
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $786.21
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $786.21
Aetna ASA $828.67
Cigna Lifesource COMM $833.38
Aetna WCOMP $864.83
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $864.83
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $864.83
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $864.83
Averde Health, Inc PPO $912.00
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $926.16
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $926.16
Cigna AllOther $947.22
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,100.69
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,100.69
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,100.69
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,116.42
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $1,132.14
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,179.32
USC Health Services COMM $1,257.94
USA Managed Care COMM $1,257.94
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,336.56
Optum Transplant COMM $1,352.28
Unicare MCD $1,572.42
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,572.42
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,572.42
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital

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