Electrolyte panel 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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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.

$4.21 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $793.16 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $4.21
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $4.21
WellMed MGMCR $6.97
United AllPayerAppendix $7.01
Devoted Health MCR $7.01
Devoted Health MME $7.01
Amerigroup DualEligible $7.01
BCBS MCRPPO $7.01
Humana MGMCR $7.01
Devoted Health PPO $7.01
TriWest FEDERAL $7.01
Devoted Health SNP $7.01
BCBS MGMCRHMO $7.01
Devoted Health HMO $7.01
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $7.01
United SmallGroup $7.01
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7.01
Devoted Health POS $7.01
United MGMCR $7.05
Aetna MCR $7.07
Care N Care MGMCR $7.08
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $7.15
Integranet MGMCR $7.22
WellCare MGMCR $7.22
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $7.36
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $7.36
ProCare Advantge MCR $7.36
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $7.36
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $7.36
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $7.36
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $7.36
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $7.36
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $7.43
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $7.43
Humana Tricare $7.56
Molina MMP $7.64
Molina MME $7.64
Molina MCR $7.64
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $7.71
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $7.79
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $8.08
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.08
United CHIP $8.08
United STAR $8.08
United STARKids $8.08
United STARPLUS $8.08
United STARPerinate $8.08
Amerigroup CHIP $8.08
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $8.41
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $8.48
Healthspring Life MCD $8.48
Aetna Better Health MCD $8.73
Aetna Better Health CHIP $8.73
Molina STARKIDS $8.89
Molina MCDSTAR $8.89
Molina STAR+PLUS $8.89
Molina CHIP $8.89
Aetna QHPHIX $8.93
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $9.11
Humana MGMCD $10.10
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $10.52
Bravo Health MCRSNP $10.52
Bravo Health MCRPPO $10.52
Bravo Health MCRPOS $10.52
Bravo Health MCRHMO $10.52
BCBS BluePremier $11.99
BCBS MyBlueHealth $12.27
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $12.27
Aetna NewBusiness $12.29
Superior ValueHMO $12.55
Aetna Meritain $13.09
Aetna COMM $13.09
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $13.32
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $13.88
Aetna OON $15.41
Superior EPO $15.70
Superior HMO $15.70
BCBS BlueEssentials $17.31
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $17.31
BCBS EPOSOA $18.16
Oscar HIX $18.23
Molina Healthcare HIX $18.37
BCBS PPO $19.00
Cigna LocalPlus $28.19
Cigna NewBusiness $28.22
Cigna HMO $31.50
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $31.50
Cigna NetworkBenefit $31.50
Cigna AllOther $39.84
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $55.52
Superior Health Plan CHIP $55.52
Superior Health Plan STARKids $55.52
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $55.52
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $55.52
Humana COMM $77.93
Cigna IFP $107.08
Cigna QHP $111.04
United OptionsPPO $149.11
Unicare CHIP $174.50
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $194.32
Evry Health COMM $204.64
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $268.09
BCBS Traditional $352.16
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $356.92
City of McKinney COMM $356.92
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $396.58
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $396.58
Aetna ASA $418.00
Cigna Lifesource COMM $420.37
Aetna WCOMP $436.24
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $436.24
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $436.24
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $436.24
Averde Health, Inc PPO $460.03
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $467.17
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $467.17
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $555.21
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $555.21
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $555.21
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $563.14
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $571.08
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $594.87
USA Managed Care COMM $634.53
USC Health Services COMM $634.53
Galaxy Health Network PPO $674.19
Optum Transplant COMM $682.12
Unicare MCD $793.16
Independent Medical Systems COMM $793.16
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $793.16
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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