Fetal hemoglobin rosette 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.

$5.62 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $84.22 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 CHIP $5.62
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $5.62
United STARPerinate $7.86
United STARKids $7.86
United STARPLUS $7.86
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $7.86
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.86
Amerigroup CHIP $7.86
United CHIP $7.86
United STAR $7.86
Healthspring Life MCD $8.25
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $8.25
Aetna Better Health MCD $8.49
Aetna Better Health CHIP $8.49
Molina STAR+PLUS $8.65
Molina MCDSTAR $8.65
Molina CHIP $8.65
Molina STARKIDS $8.65
WellMed MGMCR $9.31
Devoted Health MCR $9.36
Devoted Health MME $9.36
United AllPayerAppendix $9.36
Amerigroup DualEligible $9.36
Devoted Health SNP $9.36
TriWest FEDERAL $9.36
United SmallGroup $9.36
BCBS MGMCRHMO $9.36
BCBS MCRPPO $9.36
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $9.36
Devoted Health PPO $9.36
Devoted Health HMO $9.36
Devoted Health POS $9.36
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.36
Humana MGMCR $9.36
United MGMCR $9.41
Aetna MCR $9.44
Care N Care MGMCR $9.45
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $9.55
WellCare MGMCR $9.64
Integranet MGMCR $9.64
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $9.83
Humana MGMCD $9.83
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $9.83
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $9.83
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $9.83
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $9.83
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $9.83
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $9.83
ProCare Advantge MCR $9.83
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $9.92
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $9.92
Humana Tricare $10.09
Molina MME $10.20
Molina MMP $10.20
Molina MCR $10.20
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $10.30
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $10.40
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $11.23
Aetna QHPHIX $11.91
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $12.17
Bravo Health MCRPOS $14.04
Bravo Health MCRSNP $14.04
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $14.04
Bravo Health MCRPPO $14.04
Bravo Health MCRHMO $14.04
BCBS BluePremier $16.01
BCBS MyBlueHealth $16.38
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $16.38
Aetna NewBusiness $16.41
Superior ValueHMO $16.75
Aetna Meritain $17.48
Aetna COMM $17.48
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $17.78
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $18.53
Aetna OON $20.57
Superior EPO $20.97
Superior HMO $20.97
BCBS BlueEssentials $23.12
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $23.12
BCBS EPOSOA $24.24
Oscar HIX $24.34
Molina Healthcare HIX $24.52
BCBS PPO $25.37
Cigna LocalPlus $37.57
Cigna NewBusiness $37.61
Cigna HMO $41.99
Cigna NetworkBenefit $41.99
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $41.99
Cigna AllOther $53.10
Humana COMM $84.22
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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