Insert sq defib electrode 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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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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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.

$1,495.42 with Superior Health Plan 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,495.42
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $1,495.42
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $1,495.42
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,495.42
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,495.42
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Cigna IFP $2,884.03
Cigna QHP $2,990.84
Humana COMM $3,260.94
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
United OptionsPPO $4,016.27
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Unicare CHIP $4,699.90
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $6,075.14
United STARPerinate $6,075.14
United STARPLUS $6,075.14
United STARKids $6,075.14
United CHIP $6,075.14
United STAR $6,075.14
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $6,075.14
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $6,075.14
BCBS BluePremier $6,238.04
Healthspring Life MCD $6,378.90
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $6,378.90
Amerigroup CHIP $6,378.90
Amerigroup MGMCD $6,378.90
Molina STAR+PLUS $6,682.65
Molina CHIP $6,682.65
Molina MCDSTAR $6,682.65
Molina STARKIDS $6,682.65
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $7,220.75
Aetna Better Health MCD $7,290.17
Aetna Better Health CHIP $7,290.17
Humana MGMCD $7,593.93
Oscar HIX $8,024.00
WellMed MGMCR $8,368.43
BCBS Traditional $9,485.24
City of McKinney COMM $9,613.42
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $9,733.00
Curative Administrators COMM $9,875.00
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $10,681.58
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $10,681.58
Evry Health COMM $10,763.00
Aetna ASA $11,258.39
Cigna Lifesource COMM $11,322.47
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $11,749.74
Aetna WCOMP $11,749.74
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $11,749.74
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $11,749.74
Averde Health, Inc PPO $12,390.63
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $12,582.90
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $12,582.90
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $14,954.21
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $14,954.21
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $14,954.21
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $15,167.84
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $15,381.48
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $16,022.37
USA Managed Care COMM $17,090.53
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $17,090.53
USC Health Services COMM $17,090.53
Galaxy Health Network PPO $18,158.69
Optum Transplant COMM $18,372.32
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $21,244.34
BCBS MyBlueHealth $21,244.34
Independent Medical Systems COMM $21,363.16
Unicare MCD $21,363.16
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $21,363.16
Cigna LocalPlus $21,804.00
Cigna NewBusiness $21,826.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $23,460.48
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $23,460.48
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $24,362.00
Cigna HMO $24,362.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $24,362.00
BCBS EPOSOA $24,606.76
BCBS PPO $25,753.03
Cigna AllOther $30,818.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $62,381.00
United SmallGroup $78,826.00
United AllPayerAppendix $109,000.00

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