Frozen blood prep at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL
900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772
$432.65
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.
$432.65
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.
$30.29 with Superior Health Plan vs $768.04 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.
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 | MCDSTAR | $30.29 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $30.29 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $30.29 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $30.29 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $30.29 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $58.41 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $60.57 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $81.34 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $89.99 | ↓ -79% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $95.18 | ↓ -78% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $106.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $111.62 | ↓ -74% |
| Humana | COMM | $134.08 | ↓ -69% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $146.24 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $154.02 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $192.10 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $194.69 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $194.69 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $212.14 | ↓ -51% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $216.32 | ↓ -50% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $216.32 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $225.94 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | COMM | $225.94 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | ASA | $228.01 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $229.30 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $237.96 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $237.96 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $237.96 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $237.96 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $250.94 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $254.83 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $254.83 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | OON | $265.90 | ↓ -39% |
| United | SmallGroup | $291.26 | ↓ -33% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $291.26 | ↓ -33% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $291.26 | ↓ -33% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $302.86 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $302.86 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $302.86 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $307.18 | ↓ -29% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $311.51 | ↓ -28% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $324.49 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $346.12 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $346.12 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $367.75 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $372.08 | ↓ -14% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $432.65 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $432.65 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $432.65 | ↑ +0% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $452.40 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $452.84 | ↑ +5% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $484.63 | ↑ +12% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $495.97 | ↑ +15% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $495.97 | ↑ +15% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $505.56 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $505.56 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | HMO | $505.56 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $639.44 | ↑ +48% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $700.02 | ↑ +62% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $700.02 | ↑ +62% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $734.03 | ↑ +70% |
| BCBS | PPO | $768.04 | ↑ +78% |
| TCU ATHLETICS | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $1,779.43 | $291.26 – $1,253.17 |
| MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL | Frisco | $1,010.54 | $154.02 – $1,042.18 |
| MEDICAL CITY MCKINNEY HOSPITAL | McKinney | $181.26 | $154.02 – $1,042.18 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $1,091.13 – $1,091.13 |
| CHRISTUS Children's Hospital | San Antonio | not published | $290.02 – $290.02 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $291.26 – $1,253.17 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $291.26 – $1,253.17 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $264.44 – $1,235.67 |