Established Patient Office Visit (level 1) 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.

$6.70 with Superior Health Plan vs $95.66 with Unicare — 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 STARPLUS $6.70
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $6.70
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $6.70
Superior Health Plan STARKids $6.70
Superior Health Plan CHIP $6.70
Cigna IFP $12.91
Cigna QHP $13.39
Aetna QHPHIX $15.59
United OptionsPPO $17.98
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $18.18
Unicare CHIP $21.05
Aetna NewBusiness $22.77
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $23.44
Aetna Meritain $24.49
Aetna COMM $24.49
Evry Health COMM $24.68
BCBS MyBlueHealth $25.77
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $25.77
Aetna OON $28.70
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $32.33
Curative Administrators COMM $38.26
BCBS Traditional $42.47
City of McKinney COMM $43.05
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $43.05
BCBS BlueEssentials $45.63
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $45.63
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $47.83
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $47.83
BCBS EPOSOA $47.88
BCBS PPO $50.13
Aetna ASA $50.41
Cigna Lifesource COMM $50.70
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $52.61
Aetna WCOMP $52.61
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $52.61
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $52.61
Averde Health, Inc PPO $55.48
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $56.34
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $56.34
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $66.96
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $66.96
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $66.96
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $67.92
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $68.88
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $71.75
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $76.53
USA Managed Care COMM $76.53
USC Health Services COMM $76.53
Galaxy Health Network PPO $81.31
Optum Transplant COMM $82.27
Humana COMM $84.56
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $95.66
Independent Medical Systems COMM $95.66
Unicare MCD $95.66

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