Ghs protoporphyrins fract 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.

$8.61 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $705.70 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 $8.61
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $8.61
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $12.05
Amerigroup CHIP $12.05
United CHIP $12.05
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.05
United STARPerinate $12.05
United STARPLUS $12.05
United STARKids $12.05
United STAR $12.05
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $12.65
Healthspring Life MCD $12.65
Aetna Better Health CHIP $13.01
Aetna Better Health MCD $13.01
Molina MCDSTAR $13.26
Molina STARKIDS $13.26
Molina STAR+PLUS $13.26
Molina CHIP $13.26
WellMed MGMCR $14.28
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $14.35
Devoted Health PPO $14.35
Amerigroup DualEligible $14.35
Devoted Health POS $14.35
United SmallGroup $14.35
Devoted Health SNP $14.35
BCBS MGMCRHMO $14.35
TriWest FEDERAL $14.35
Devoted Health HMO $14.35
Humana MGMCR $14.35
United AllPayerAppendix $14.35
Devoted Health MCR $14.35
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.35
BCBS MCRPPO $14.35
Devoted Health MME $14.35
United MGMCR $14.42
Aetna MCR $14.47
Care N Care MGMCR $14.49
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $14.64
Integranet MGMCR $14.78
WellCare MGMCR $14.78
Humana MGMCD $15.06
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $15.07
ProCare Advantge MCR $15.07
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $15.07
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $15.07
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $15.07
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $15.07
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $15.07
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $15.07
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $15.21
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $15.21
Humana Tricare $15.46
Molina MMP $15.64
Molina MME $15.64
Molina MCR $15.64
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $15.79
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $15.94
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $17.22
Aetna QHPHIX $18.25
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $18.66
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $21.52
Bravo Health MCRSNP $21.52
Bravo Health MCRPPO $21.52
Bravo Health MCRPOS $21.52
Bravo Health MCRHMO $21.52
BCBS BluePremier $24.54
BCBS MyBlueHealth $25.11
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $25.11
Aetna NewBusiness $25.14
Superior ValueHMO $25.69
Aetna Meritain $26.78
Aetna COMM $26.78
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $27.26
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $28.41
Aetna OON $31.51
Superior EPO $32.14
Superior HMO $32.14
BCBS BlueEssentials $35.44
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $35.44
BCBS EPOSOA $37.17
Oscar HIX $37.31
Molina Healthcare HIX $37.60
BCBS PPO $38.89
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $49.40
Superior Health Plan STARKids $49.40
Superior Health Plan CHIP $49.40
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $49.40
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $49.40
Cigna LocalPlus $56.38
Cigna NewBusiness $56.43
Cigna NetworkBenefit $63.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $63.00
Cigna HMO $63.00
Cigna AllOther $79.69
Cigna IFP $95.27
Cigna QHP $98.80
United OptionsPPO $132.67
Unicare CHIP $155.25
Humana COMM $159.36
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $172.90
Evry Health COMM $182.07
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $238.53
BCBS Traditional $313.33
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $317.57
City of McKinney COMM $317.57
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $352.85
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $352.85
Aetna ASA $371.90
Cigna Lifesource COMM $374.02
Aetna WCOMP $388.13
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $388.13
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $388.13
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $388.13
Averde Health, Inc PPO $409.31
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $415.66
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $415.66
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $493.99
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $493.99
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $493.99
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $501.05
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $508.10
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $529.27
USA Managed Care COMM $564.56
USC Health Services COMM $564.56
Galaxy Health Network PPO $599.85
Optum Transplant COMM $606.90
Unicare MCD $705.70
Independent Medical Systems COMM $705.70
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $705.70
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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