Insertion of cannula(s) at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL
900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772
$4,888.78
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$4,888.78
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$659.99 with Cigna vs $30,818.00 with Cigna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | IFP | $659.99 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $684.43 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $919.09 | ↓ -81% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $928.87 | ↓ -81% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $1,075.53 | ↓ -78% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,652.41 | ↓ -66% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,995.00 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $2,154.85 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,170.62 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $2,199.95 | ↓ -55% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $2,369.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $2,369.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $2,369.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $2,369.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $2,369.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $2,444.39 | ↓ -50% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $2,444.39 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $2,513.00 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | ASA | $2,576.39 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $2,591.05 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $2,688.83 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $2,688.83 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $2,688.83 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $2,688.83 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $2,835.49 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $2,879.49 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $2,879.49 | ↓ -41% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $3,422.15 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $3,422.15 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $3,422.15 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $3,445.00 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $3,471.03 | ↓ -29% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $3,519.92 | ↓ -28% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $3,650.00 | ↓ -25% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $3,666.59 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | COMM | $3,682.00 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $3,682.00 | ↓ -25% |
| TCU ATHLETICS | COMM | $3,911.02 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $3,911.02 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $3,911.02 | ↓ -20% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $4,036.00 | ↓ -17% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $4,155.46 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $4,204.35 | ↓ -14% |
| Aetna | OON | $4,332.00 | ↓ -11% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $4,807.00 | ↓ -2% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $4,888.78 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $4,888.78 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $4,888.78 | ↑ +0% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $5,939.00 | ↑ +21% |
| United | SmallGroup | $7,850.00 | ↑ +61% |
| Humana | COMM | $9,917.32 | ↑ +103% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $11,220.00 | ↑ +130% |
| Oscar | HIX | $12,897.00 | ↑ +164% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $21,804.00 | ↑ +346% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $21,826.00 | ↑ +346% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $24,362.00 | ↑ +398% |
| Cigna | HMO | $24,362.00 | ↑ +398% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $24,362.00 | ↑ +398% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $26,717.23 | ↑ +447% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $26,717.23 | ↑ +447% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $28,042.17 | ↑ +474% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $28,813.84 | ↑ +489% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $28,813.84 | ↑ +489% |
| BCBS | PPO | $29,367.12 | ↑ +501% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $30,818.00 | ↑ +530% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $1,819.98 – $4,826.69 |
| CHRISTUS Children's Hospital | San Antonio | not published | $3,381.00 – $3,381.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $13,351.34 – $13,351.34 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $13,351.34 – $13,351.34 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $1,705.32 – $3,101.24 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $13,351.34 – $13,351.34 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | not published | $13,351.34 – $13,351.34 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | not published | $13,351.34 – $13,351.34 |