External pretreatment of serum for use in antibody identification by dilution at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL
900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772
$41.43
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.
$41.43
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.
$2.90 with Superior Health Plan vs $312.96 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $2.90 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $2.90 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $2.90 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $2.90 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $2.90 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $5.59 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $5.80 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $7.79 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $8.62 | ↓ -79% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $9.11 | ↓ -78% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $10.15 | ↓ -76% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $10.69 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $14.00 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $18.39 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $18.64 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $18.64 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $20.71 | ↓ -50% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $20.71 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $21.83 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $21.96 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $22.79 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $22.79 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $22.79 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $22.79 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $24.03 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $24.40 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $24.40 | ↓ -41% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $24.67 | ↓ -40% |
| United | SmallGroup | $24.67 | ↓ -40% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $24.67 | ↓ -40% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $29.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $29.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $29.00 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $29.42 | ↓ -29% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $29.83 | ↓ -28% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $31.07 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $33.14 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $33.14 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $35.22 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $35.63 | ↓ -14% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $39.31 | ↓ -5% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $40.23 | ↓ -3% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $40.23 | ↓ -3% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $41.43 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $41.43 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $41.43 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $46.07 | ↑ +11% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $56.79 | ↑ +37% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $56.79 | ↑ +37% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $59.54 | ↑ +44% |
| BCBS | PPO | $62.30 | ↑ +50% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $63.45 | ↑ +53% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $67.58 | ↑ +63% |
| Aetna | COMM | $67.58 | ↑ +63% |
| Aetna | OON | $79.53 | ↑ +92% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $135.57 | ↑ +227% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $135.70 | ↑ +228% |
| Cigna | HMO | $151.50 | ↑ +266% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $151.50 | ↑ +266% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $151.50 | ↑ +266% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $191.61 | ↑ +362% |
| Humana | COMM | $312.96 | ↑ +655% |
| TCU ATHLETICS | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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External pretreatment of serum for use in antibody identification by dilution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $79.29 | $12.00 – $118.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $60.98 | $12.00 – $76.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $79.29 | $12.00 – $118.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $79.29 | $8.00 – $118.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $60.98 | $12.00 – $91.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $79.29 | $15.86 – $99.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $79.29 | $12.00 – $118.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $60.98 | $11.18 – $118.86 |