Exhaled breath condensate 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.

$2.15 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $39.77 with Humana — 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 $2.15
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $2.15
WellMed MGMCR $3.56
Devoted Health POS $3.58
Devoted Health MCR $3.58
Devoted Health MME $3.58
Humana MGMCR $3.58
TriWest FEDERAL $3.58
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $3.58
Devoted Health SNP $3.58
Devoted Health HMO $3.58
United AllPayerAppendix $3.58
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.58
United SmallGroup $3.58
Amerigroup DualEligible $3.58
Devoted Health PPO $3.58
BCBS MGMCRHMO $3.58
BCBS MCRPPO $3.58
United MGMCR $3.60
Aetna MCR $3.61
Care N Care MGMCR $3.62
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $3.65
Integranet MGMCR $3.69
WellCare MGMCR $3.69
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $3.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $3.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $3.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $3.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $3.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $3.76
ProCare Advantge MCR $3.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $3.76
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $3.79
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $3.79
Molina MME $3.90
Molina MMP $3.90
Molina MCR $3.90
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $3.94
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $4.30
Aetna QHPHIX $4.56
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $4.65
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $5.37
Bravo Health MCRHMO $5.37
Bravo Health MCRPOS $5.37
Bravo Health MCRPPO $5.37
Bravo Health MCRSNP $5.37
BCBS BluePremier $6.12
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $6.27
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6.27
Aetna NewBusiness $6.28
Superior ValueHMO $6.41
Aetna COMM $6.69
Aetna Meritain $6.69
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $6.80
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7.09
Aetna OON $7.87
Superior HMO $8.02
Superior EPO $8.02
BCBS BlueEssentials $8.84
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $8.84
BCBS EPOSOA $9.27
Oscar HIX $9.31
Molina Healthcare HIX $9.38
BCBS PPO $9.70
Cigna LocalPlus $14.76
Cigna NewBusiness $14.78
Cigna NetworkBenefit $16.50
Cigna HMO $16.50
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $16.50
Cigna AllOther $20.86
Humana COMM $39.77
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Exhaled breath condensate at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $3.22 – $13.78
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $59.05 – $59.05
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $3.51 – $15.33
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $3.51 – $15.33
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $7.83 – $15.61
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $3.51 – $15.33
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $3.51 – $15.33
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $3.51 – $15.33

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