Inj beta interferon sq 1 mcg at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL
900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772
$3,167.38
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$3,167.38
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$52.27 with BCBS vs $3,167.38 with Independent Medical Systems — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $52.27 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $52.27 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $76.51 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $76.51 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $80.30 | ↓ -97% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $80.42 | ↓ -97% |
| United | SmallGroup | $80.42 | ↓ -97% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $80.42 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | PPO | $84.08 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $94.23 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | COMM | $172.62 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $221.72 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $221.72 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $221.72 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $221.72 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $221.72 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $256.93 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $257.18 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | HMO | $287.03 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $287.03 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $287.03 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $363.12 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $427.60 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $443.43 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $516.28 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $595.47 | ↓ -81% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $696.82 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $753.84 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $810.85 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | COMM | $810.85 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | OON | $950.21 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,070.57 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,406.32 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,425.32 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $1,583.69 | ↓ -50% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,583.69 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,669.21 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $1,678.71 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,742.06 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,742.06 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,742.06 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,742.06 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,837.08 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $1,865.59 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $1,865.59 | ↓ -41% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $2,217.17 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $2,217.17 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,248.84 | ↓ -29% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $2,280.51 | ↓ -28% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $2,375.53 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $2,533.90 | ↓ -20% |
| TCU ATHLETICS | COMM | $2,533.90 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $2,533.90 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $2,692.27 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $2,723.95 | ↓ -14% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $3,167.38 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $3,167.38 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $3,167.38 | ↑ +0% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
Inj beta interferon sq 1 mcg at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEDICAL CITY ARLINGTON HOSPITAL | RED OAK | $4,795.07 | $52.27 – $256.93 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $58.33 – $58.33 |
| CHRISTUS Children's Hospital | San Antonio | not published | $56.45 – $56.45 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $29.69 – $235.03 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $29.69 – $235.03 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $56.66 – $167.20 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $29.69 – $235.03 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | not published | $29.69 – $235.03 |