ER Visit (level 2) 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.

$51.36 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $1,644.00 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.

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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 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 MCD $77.04
Aetna Better Health CHIP $77.04
Molina MCDSTAR $140.00
Molina STARKIDS $140.00
Molina STAR+PLUS $140.00
Molina CHIP $140.00
Cigna IFP $194.10
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $200.00
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $200.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $200.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $200.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $200.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $200.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $200.85
Cigna QHP $201.29
United OptionsPPO $270.30
Unicare CHIP $316.31
Aetna QHPHIX $338.00
Amerigroup MGMCD $363.00
Amerigroup CHIP $363.00
Aetna NewBusiness $462.00
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $485.97
Oscar HIX $491.00
Aetna Meritain $495.00
Aetna COMM $495.00
Aetna OON $581.00
BCBS Traditional $638.38
City of McKinney COMM $647.01
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $718.89
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $718.89
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $747.00
Aetna ASA $757.72
Cigna Lifesource COMM $762.03
BCBS BluePremier $768.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $790.00
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $790.78
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $790.78
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $790.78
Aetna WCOMP $790.78
Evry Health COMM $831.00
Averde Health, Inc PPO $833.92
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $846.86
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $846.86
BCBS MyBlueHealth $968.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $968.00
United SmallGroup $975.00
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,006.45
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,006.45
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,020.83
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $1,035.21
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,078.34
Curative Administrators COMM $1,123.00
USA Managed Care COMM $1,150.23
USC Health Services COMM $1,150.23
Cigna LocalPlus $1,164.00
Cigna NewBusiness $1,165.00
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,222.12
Optum Transplant COMM $1,236.50
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,248.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,248.00
Humana COMM $1,295.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,300.00
Cigna HMO $1,300.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,300.00
BCBS EPOSOA $1,312.00
BCBS PPO $1,372.00
United AllPayerAppendix $1,375.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,437.79
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,437.79
Unicare MCD $1,437.79
Cigna AllOther $1,644.00
United CHIP not published by hospital
United STAR not published by hospital
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork not published by hospital
United STARPLUS not published by hospital
United STARKids not published by hospital
United STARPerinate not published by hospital

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