ER Visit (level 1, minor) at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL
900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772
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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.
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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.
$51.36 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $1,118.00 with Cigna — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $51.36 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $51.36 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $51.36 | — |
| Healthspring Life | MCD | $53.93 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $64.20 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $77.04 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $77.04 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRHMO | $110.30 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRSNP | $110.30 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPOS | $110.30 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPFFS | $110.30 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRDualEligible | $110.30 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPPO | $110.30 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $114.55 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $118.80 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $140.00 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $140.00 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $140.00 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $140.00 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $159.53 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $169.00 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $186.68 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $200.00 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $232.00 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $247.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $247.00 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $286.81 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $291.00 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $295.00 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $300.00 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $354.00 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $362.00 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $363.00 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $363.00 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $374.00 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $375.00 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $376.76 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $381.85 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $424.27 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $424.27 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $447.19 | — |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $449.73 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $466.70 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $466.70 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $466.70 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $466.70 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $474.00 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $474.00 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $492.16 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $499.80 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $499.80 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $525.00 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $575.00 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $593.99 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $593.99 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $602.47 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $608.00 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $608.00 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $610.96 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $634.00 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $636.41 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $638.00 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $668.00 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $678.84 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $678.84 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $721.27 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $729.75 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $791.00 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $792.00 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $848.55 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $848.55 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $848.55 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $884.00 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $884.00 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $884.00 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $1,118.00 | — |
| United | STARKids | not published by hospital | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | not published by hospital | — |
| United | STARPLUS | not published by hospital | — |
| United | STARPerinate | not published by hospital | — |
| United | STAR | not published by hospital | — |
| United | CHIP | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $409.49 | $268.04 – $268.04 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $286.94 | $80.47 – $6,299.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $312.33 | $64.29 – $859.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $333.31 | $66.66 – $859.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $286.94 | $76.52 – $859.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $312.33 | $80.47 – $859.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $312.33 | $161.37 – $600.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $333.31 | $80.47 – $600.00 |