ER Visit (level 3) 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 $3,303.01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $51.36 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $51.36 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $51.36 | — |
| Healthspring Life | MCD | $53.93 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $64.20 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $77.04 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $77.04 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $200.00 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $200.00 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $200.00 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $200.00 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $350.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPPO | $357.08 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRHMO | $357.08 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRDualEligible | $357.08 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPFFS | $357.08 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPOS | $357.08 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRSNP | $357.08 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $363.00 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $363.00 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $445.91 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $462.42 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $620.97 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $726.66 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $825.00 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $855.00 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $980.00 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $992.00 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $1,064.00 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,116.42 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1,129.00 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $1,141.00 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,141.00 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,207.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,207.00 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,359.00 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $1,419.00 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,466.54 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,470.00 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,470.00 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,486.35 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,545.00 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,547.00 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,617.00 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,651.51 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $1,651.51 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,740.69 | — |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $1,750.60 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,816.66 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,816.66 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,816.66 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,816.66 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $1,829.00 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $1,831.00 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,856.00 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,915.75 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $1,929.00 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $1,945.47 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $1,945.47 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,044.00 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $2,044.00 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $2,044.00 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $2,312.11 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $2,312.11 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,345.14 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $2,378.17 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $2,477.26 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $2,585.00 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $2,642.41 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $2,642.41 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $2,807.56 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $2,840.59 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,931.00 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $3,303.01 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $3,303.01 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $3,303.01 | — |
| United | STARKids | not published by hospital | — |
| United | STAR | not published by hospital | — |
| United | CHIP | not published by hospital | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | not published by hospital | — |
| United | STARPerinate | not published by hospital | — |
| United | STARPLUS | not published by hospital | — |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,470.35 | $859.86 – $859.86 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $770.04 | $218.18 – $6,299.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $886.75 | $182.52 – $2,805.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,006.17 | $201.23 – $2,805.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $770.04 | $205.34 – $2,691.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $886.75 | $260.51 – $2,805.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $886.75 | $458.16 – $2,410.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,006.17 | $260.51 – $2,410.00 |