Hydromorphone 0.2 mg/ml in 0.9% nacl IV pca opioid naive - 4 hr dose limit (wrapper) 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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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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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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$0.14 with Humana vs $5.27 with Unicare — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
Humana Tricare $0.14
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.14
United AllPayerAppendix $0.23
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.23
United SmallGroup $0.23
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.31
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.31
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.37
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.37
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.37
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $0.37
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $0.37
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.45
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.45
BCBS EPOSOA $0.48
BCBS PPO $0.50
Cigna LocalPlus $0.54
Cigna NewBusiness $0.55
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.61
Cigna NetworkBenefit $0.61
Cigna HMO $0.61
Cigna IFP $0.71
Cigna QHP $0.74
Cigna AllOther $0.77
Aetna QHPHIX $0.86
United OptionsPPO $0.99
Unicare CHIP $1.16
Aetna NewBusiness $1.25
Aetna Meritain $1.35
Aetna COMM $1.35
BCBS BluePremier $1.54
Aetna OON $1.58
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1.78
BCBS Traditional $2.34
City of McKinney COMM $2.37
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2.63
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $2.63
Aetna ASA $2.78
Cigna Lifesource COMM $2.79
Aetna WCOMP $2.90
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2.90
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2.90
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2.90
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3.06
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $3.10
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $3.10
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3.69
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3.69
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3.74
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $3.79
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3.95
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $4.22
USA Managed Care COMM $4.22
USC Health Services COMM $4.22
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4.48
Optum Transplant COMM $4.53
Independent Medical Systems COMM $5.27
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5.27
Unicare MCD $5.27

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