Established Patient Office Visit (level 3) 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.

$8.87 with Superior Health Plan vs $277.66 with BCBS — 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 CHIP $8.87
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $8.87
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $8.87
Superior Health Plan STARKids $8.87
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $8.87
Cigna IFP $17.11
Cigna QHP $17.74
Aetna QHPHIX $20.65
United OptionsPPO $23.82
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $24.07
Unicare CHIP $27.88
Aetna NewBusiness $30.16
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $31.04
Aetna Meritain $32.44
Aetna COMM $32.44
Evry Health COMM $32.69
Aetna OON $38.01
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $42.83
Curative Administrators COMM $50.68
BCBS Traditional $56.26
City of McKinney COMM $57.02
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $57.02
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $63.35
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $63.35
Aetna ASA $66.78
Cigna Lifesource COMM $67.16
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $69.69
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $69.69
Aetna WCOMP $69.69
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $69.69
Averde Health, Inc PPO $73.49
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $74.63
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $74.63
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $88.70
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $88.70
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $88.70
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $89.96
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $91.23
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $95.03
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $101.37
USA Managed Care COMM $101.37
USC Health Services COMM $101.37
Galaxy Health Network PPO $107.70
Optum Transplant COMM $108.97
Independent Medical Systems COMM $126.71
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $126.71
Unicare MCD $126.71
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $142.72
BCBS MyBlueHealth $142.72
Humana COMM $147.37
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $252.75
BCBS BlueEssentials $252.75
BCBS EPOSOA $265.21
BCBS PPO $277.66

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Established Patient Office Visit (level 3) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $361.22 $199.82 – $199.82
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $148.40 $61.24 – $424.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $214.20 $15.42 – $108.90
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $66.87 $20.50 – $100.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $148.40 $74.00 – $424.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $148.40 $74.00 – $424.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $214.20 $66.55 – $190.12
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $148.40 $74.00 – $424.00

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