General health panel 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

$2,244.48

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.

$2,244.48

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.

$45.36 with United vs $2,244.48 with Unicare — 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
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $45.36 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $45.36 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $45.36 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPHIX $53.74 ↓ -98%
BCBS BluePremier $60.40 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $61.81 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $61.81 ↓ -97%
Humana Tricare $68.66 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $70.78 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $74.02 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $78.84 ↓ -96%
Aetna Meritain $78.84 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $87.24 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentials $87.24 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $91.48 ↓ -96%
Aetna OON $92.78 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $95.72 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $157.11 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $157.11 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $157.11 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $157.11 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $157.11 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $161.09 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $161.24 ↓ -93%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $180.02 ↓ -92%
Cigna HMO $180.02 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $180.02 ↓ -92%
Cigna AllOther $227.69 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $303.00 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $314.23 ↓ -86%
Humana COMM $401.05 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $421.96 ↓ -81%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $426.45 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $466.85 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $493.79 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $549.90 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $579.08 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $758.63 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $996.55 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,010.02 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $1,010.02 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,122.24 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,122.24 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,182.84 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,189.57 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,234.46 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,234.46 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,234.46 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,234.46 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,301.80 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,322.00 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,322.00 ↓ -41%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,571.14 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,571.14 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,571.14 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,593.58 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $1,616.03 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,683.36 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $1,795.58 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,795.58 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,907.81 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $1,930.25 ↓ -14%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,244.48 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,244.48 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $2,244.48 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital

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