Insert/repl sq defib w/eltrd 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

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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.

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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.

$1,995.00 with Fidelis SecureCare vs $109,000.00 with United — 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
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $3,738.37
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $3,738.37
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $3,738.37
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $3,738.37
Superior Health Plan STARKids $3,738.37
Humana COMM $4,057.44
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Cigna IFP $7,209.71
Cigna QHP $7,476.74
Oscar HIX $8,325.00
United OptionsPPO $10,040.19
Unicare CHIP $11,749.16
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $14,600.00
BCBS BluePremier $15,594.34
Evry Health COMM $16,144.00
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $18,050.98
Cigna LocalPlus $21,804.00
Cigna NewBusiness $21,826.00
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $21,943.90
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $21,943.90
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $21,943.90
United CHIP $21,943.90
United STAR $21,943.90
United STARKids $21,943.90
United STARPLUS $21,943.90
United STARPerinate $21,943.90
Healthspring Life MCD $23,041.10
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $23,041.10
Amerigroup CHIP $23,041.10
Amerigroup MGMCD $23,041.10
BCBS Traditional $23,711.94
City of McKinney COMM $24,032.37
Molina STARKIDS $24,138.29
Molina CHIP $24,138.29
Molina STAR+PLUS $24,138.29
Molina MCDSTAR $24,138.29
Cigna NetworkBenefit $24,362.00
Cigna HMO $24,362.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $24,362.00
Aetna Better Health CHIP $26,332.68
Aetna Better Health MCD $26,332.68
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $26,702.63
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $26,702.63
Humana MGMCD $27,429.88
Aetna ASA $28,144.58
Cigna Lifesource COMM $28,304.79
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $29,372.90
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $29,372.90
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $29,372.90
Aetna WCOMP $29,372.90
Cigna AllOther $30,818.00
Averde Health, Inc PPO $30,975.06
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $31,455.70
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $31,455.70
WellMed MGMCR $31,741.77
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $37,383.69
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $37,383.69
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $37,383.69
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $37,917.74
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $38,451.79
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $40,053.95
USA Managed Care COMM $42,724.22
USC Health Services COMM $42,724.22
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $42,724.22
Galaxy Health Network PPO $45,394.48
Optum Transplant COMM $45,928.53
Independent Medical Systems COMM $53,405.27
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $53,405.27
Unicare MCD $53,405.27
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $62,381.00
United SmallGroup $78,826.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $89,745.74
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $89,745.74
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $99,107.70
BCBS BlueEssentials $99,107.70
BCBS EPOSOA $103,950.10
BCBS PPO $108,792.50
United AllPayerAppendix $109,000.00
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $59,661.21 $21,943.90 – $89,491.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $43,759.87 $15,811.00 – $81,499.55
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