Ihc/icc per specimen each multiplex antibody stain 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

$174.61

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.

$174.61

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.

$12.22 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,160.24 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.

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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
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $12.22 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $12.22 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $12.22 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $12.22 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $12.22 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $23.57 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $24.45 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $32.83 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $36.32 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $38.41 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $42.78 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $45.05 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $59.02 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $77.53 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $78.57 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $78.57 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $87.31 ↓ -50%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $87.31 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $92.02 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $92.54 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $96.04 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $96.04 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $96.04 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $96.04 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $101.27 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $102.85 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $102.85 ↓ -41%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $122.23 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $122.23 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $122.23 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $123.97 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $125.72 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $130.96 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $139.69 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $139.69 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $148.42 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $150.16 ↓ -14%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $174.61 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $174.61 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $174.61 ↑ +0%
Aetna QHPHIX $175.92 ↑ +1%
Aetna NewBusiness $242.30 ↑ +39%
Aetna Meritain $258.07 ↑ +48%
Aetna COMM $258.07 ↑ +48%
United AllPayerAppendix $291.26 ↑ +67%
United SmallGroup $291.26 ↑ +67%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $291.26 ↑ +67%
Aetna OON $303.71 ↑ +74%
BCBS BluePremier $484.63 ↑ +178%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $495.97 ↑ +184%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $495.97 ↑ +184%
Cigna LocalPlus $523.29 ↑ +200%
Cigna NewBusiness $523.80 ↑ +200%
Cigna HMO $584.78 ↑ +235%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $584.78 ↑ +235%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $584.78 ↑ +235%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $700.02 ↑ +301%
BCBS BlueEssentials $700.02 ↑ +301%
BCBS EPOSOA $734.03 ↑ +320%
Cigna AllOther $739.64 ↑ +324%
BCBS PPO $768.04 ↑ +340%
Humana COMM $1,160.24 ↑ +564%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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