Histochemical stains add-on at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL
900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772
$109.16
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.
$109.16
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.
$7.64 with Superior Health Plan vs $534.32 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 | STARHealth | $7.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $7.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $7.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $7.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $7.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $14.74 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $15.28 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $20.52 | ↓ -81% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $20.74 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $22.71 | ↓ -79% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $24.02 | ↓ -78% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $26.74 | ↓ -76% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $28.16 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $36.90 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $48.47 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $49.12 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $49.12 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $54.58 | ↓ -50% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $54.58 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $57.53 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $57.85 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $60.04 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $60.04 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $60.04 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $60.04 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $63.31 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $64.30 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $64.30 | ↓ -41% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $76.41 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $76.41 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $76.41 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $77.50 | ↓ -29% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $78.60 | ↓ -28% |
| United | SmallGroup | $79.91 | ↓ -27% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $79.91 | ↓ -27% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $79.91 | ↓ -27% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $81.87 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $87.33 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $87.33 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $92.79 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $93.88 | ↓ -14% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $103.22 | ↓ -5% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $109.16 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $109.16 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $109.16 | ↑ +0% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $120.18 | ↑ +10% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $122.99 | ↑ +13% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $122.99 | ↑ +13% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $142.17 | ↑ +30% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $151.43 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | COMM | $151.43 | ↑ +39% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $173.59 | ↑ +59% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $173.59 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | OON | $178.21 | ↑ +63% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $182.03 | ↑ +67% |
| BCBS | PPO | $190.46 | ↑ +74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $281.64 | ↑ +158% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $281.91 | ↑ +158% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $314.74 | ↑ +188% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $314.74 | ↑ +188% |
| Cigna | HMO | $314.74 | ↑ +188% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $398.08 | ↑ +265% |
| Humana | COMM | $534.32 | ↑ +389% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
| TCU ATHLETICS | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $190.85 | $35.00 – $253.64 |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $179.04 | $30.64 – $363.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $190.85 | $35.00 – $255.82 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $182.42 | $36.00 – $443.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $182.42 | $26.00 – $268.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $179.04 | $36.00 – $363.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $190.85 | $35.00 – $253.64 |