Injection glatiramer acetate 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

$1,799.65

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.

$1,799.65

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.

$125.98 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,799.65 with Unicare — 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 CHIP $125.98 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $125.98 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $125.98 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $125.98 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $125.98 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $242.95 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $251.95 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $293.34 ↓ -84%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $322.54 ↓ -82%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $322.54 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $338.33 ↓ -81%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $341.93 ↓ -81%
Superior HMO $359.93 ↓ -80%
Superior ValueHMO $359.93 ↓ -80%
Superior EPO $359.93 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $374.33 ↓ -79%
Cigna LocalPlus $385.75 ↓ -79%
Cigna NewBusiness $386.13 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $395.92 ↓ -78%
United AllPayerAppendix $427.81 ↓ -76%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $427.81 ↓ -76%
United SmallGroup $427.81 ↓ -76%
Aetna NewBusiness $428.32 ↓ -76%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $430.95 ↓ -76%
Cigna HMO $430.95 ↓ -76%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $430.95 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $440.91 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $449.91 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMM $460.71 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $460.71 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $464.31 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $472.12 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentials $472.12 ↓ -74%
BCBS EPOSOA $495.50 ↓ -72%
BCBS PPO $518.87 ↓ -71%
Aetna OON $539.89 ↓ -70%
Cigna AllOther $545.19 ↓ -70%
BCBS BluePremier $581.51 ↓ -68%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $608.28 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $719.86 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $799.04 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $809.84 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $809.84 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $899.83 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $899.83 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $948.42 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $953.81 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $989.81 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $989.81 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $989.81 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $989.81 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,043.80 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,059.99 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,059.99 ↓ -41%
Humana COMM $1,083.71 ↓ -40%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,259.76 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,259.76 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,259.76 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,277.75 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $1,295.75 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,349.74 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,439.72 ↓ -20%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $1,439.72 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,439.72 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,529.70 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $1,547.70 ↓ -14%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,799.65 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,799.65 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,799.65 ↑ +0%

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