Hydroxyurea 500 mg at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL
900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772
$39.08
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.
$39.08
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.
$2.48 with Cigna vs $39.08 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $2.48 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $2.48 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $2.55 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $2.55 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $2.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $2.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $2.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $2.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $2.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $2.77 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2.77 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | HMO | $2.77 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $3.51 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $3.74 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $3.74 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $3.92 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | PPO | $4.11 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $4.60 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | IFP | $5.28 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $5.47 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $6.37 | ↓ -84% |
| Humana | COMM | $7.23 | ↓ -81% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $7.35 | ↓ -81% |
| Superior | HMO | $7.82 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | EPO | $7.82 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $7.82 | ↓ -80% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $8.60 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $9.30 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $9.77 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | COMM | $10.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $10.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | OON | $11.72 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $13.21 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $17.35 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $17.59 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $19.54 | ↓ -50% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $19.54 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $20.71 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $21.49 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $21.49 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $21.49 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $21.49 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $22.67 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $23.02 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $23.02 | ↓ -41% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $27.36 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $27.36 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $27.75 | ↓ -29% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $28.14 | ↓ -28% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $29.31 | ↓ -25% |
| TCU ATHLETICS | COMM | $31.26 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $31.26 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $31.26 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $33.22 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $33.61 | ↓ -14% |
| Unicare | MCD | $39.08 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $39.08 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $39.08 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
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Hydroxyurea 500 mg at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $6.80 | $0.99 – $9.84 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $55.92 | $0.99 – $9.84 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $52.10 | $0.99 – $9.84 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $54.19 | $0.99 – $9.84 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $51.84 | $0.99 – $9.84 |
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | $35.37 | $0.99 – $9.84 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $55.00 | $0.99 – $9.84 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | $49.92 | $0.99 – $9.84 |