Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 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

$53.83

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.

$53.83

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.

$3.77 with Superior Health Plan vs $139.05 with BCBS — 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 STARPLUS $3.77 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $3.77 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $3.77 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $3.77 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $3.77 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $7.27 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $7.54 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $8.77 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $10.12 ↓ -81%
Unicare CHIP $11.84 ↓ -78%
Aetna NewBusiness $12.81 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $13.19 ↓ -75%
Aetna Meritain $13.78 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $13.78 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $13.89 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $14.21 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $14.21 ↓ -74%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $15.88 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $15.88 ↓ -70%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $15.88 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $16.15 ↓ -70%
Humana COMM $16.68 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $18.19 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $20.08 ↓ -63%
BCBS Traditional $23.90 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $24.22 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $24.22 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $26.91 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $26.91 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $28.37 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $28.53 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $29.61 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $29.61 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $29.61 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $29.61 ↓ -45%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $30.79 ↓ -43%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $30.79 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $31.22 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $31.71 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $31.71 ↓ -41%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $37.68 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $37.68 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $37.68 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $38.22 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $38.76 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $40.37 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $43.06 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $43.06 ↓ -20%
United STARKids $43.10 ↓ -20%
United CHIP $43.10 ↓ -20%
United STAR $43.10 ↓ -20%
United STARPLUS $43.10 ↓ -20%
United STARPerinate $43.10 ↓ -20%
Amerigroup CHIP $43.10 ↓ -20%
Amerigroup MGMCD $43.10 ↓ -20%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $43.10 ↓ -20%
Healthspring Life MCD $45.26 ↓ -16%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $45.26 ↓ -16%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $45.76 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $46.29 ↓ -14%
Aetna Better Health MCD $46.55 ↓ -14%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $46.55 ↓ -14%
Molina STARKIDS $47.41 ↓ -12%
Molina STAR+PLUS $47.41 ↓ -12%
Molina MCDSTAR $47.41 ↓ -12%
Molina CHIP $47.41 ↓ -12%
WellMed MGMCR $51.05 ↓ -5%
Devoted Health SNP $51.31 ↓ -5%
Devoted Health HMO $51.31 ↓ -5%
Devoted Health POS $51.31 ↓ -5%
Devoted Health MCR $51.31 ↓ -5%
Devoted Health MME $51.31 ↓ -5%
Amerigroup DualEligible $51.31 ↓ -5%
Humana MGMCR $51.31 ↓ -5%
TriWest FEDERAL $51.31 ↓ -5%
BCBS MCRPPO $51.31 ↓ -5%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $51.31 ↓ -5%
United AllPayerAppendix $51.31 ↓ -5%
United SmallGroup $51.31 ↓ -5%
Devoted Health PPO $51.31 ↓ -5%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $51.31 ↓ -5%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $51.31 ↓ -5%
United MGMCR $51.57 ↓ -4%
Aetna MCR $51.75 ↓ -4%
Care N Care MGMCR $51.82 ↓ -4%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $52.34 ↓ -3%
Integranet MGMCR $52.85 ↓ -2%
WellCare MGMCR $52.85 ↓ -2%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $53.83 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $53.83 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $53.83 ↑ +0%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $53.88 ↑ +0%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $53.88 ↑ +0%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $53.88 ↑ +0%
ProCare Advantge MCR $53.88 ↑ +0%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $53.88 ↑ +0%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $53.88 ↑ +0%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $53.88 ↑ +0%
Humana MGMCD $53.88 ↑ +0%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $53.88 ↑ +0%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $54.39 ↑ +1%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $54.39 ↑ +1%
Humana Tricare $55.29 ↑ +3%
Molina MME $55.93 ↑ +4%
Molina MMP $55.93 ↑ +4%
Molina MCR $55.93 ↑ +4%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $56.44 ↑ +5%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $57.00 ↑ +6%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $61.57 ↑ +14%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $66.70 ↑ +24%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $76.97 ↑ +43%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $76.97 ↑ +43%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $76.97 ↑ +43%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $76.97 ↑ +43%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $76.97 ↑ +43%
BCBS BluePremier $87.74 ↑ +63%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $89.79 ↑ +67%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $89.79 ↑ +67%
Superior ValueHMO $91.84 ↑ +71%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $97.49 ↑ +81%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $101.59 ↑ +89%
Superior EPO $114.93 ↑ +114%
Superior HMO $114.93 ↑ +114%
BCBS BlueEssentials $126.74 ↑ +135%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $126.74 ↑ +135%
BCBS EPOSOA $132.89 ↑ +147%
Oscar HIX $133.41 ↑ +148%
Molina Healthcare HIX $134.43 ↑ +150%
BCBS PPO $139.05 ↑ +158%
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Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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