Insertion of catheter vein at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL
900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772
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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.
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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.
$165.10 with Superior Health Plan vs $4,332.00 with Aetna — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $165.10 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $165.10 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $165.10 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $165.10 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $165.10 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $318.40 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $330.19 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $443.40 | — |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $448.12 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $518.87 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $582.55 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $582.55 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $622.65 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $622.65 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $688.69 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $695.76 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $695.76 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $695.76 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $752.37 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $752.37 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $790.10 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $797.18 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $825.48 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $879.73 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,047.18 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,061.33 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,179.26 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $1,179.26 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,242.94 | — |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $1,250.02 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,297.19 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,297.19 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,297.19 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,297.19 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $1,316.78 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,367.94 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,373.00 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $1,389.17 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $1,389.17 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,454.00 | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $1,650.96 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $1,650.96 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $1,650.96 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,672.00 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,674.55 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $1,698.13 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $1,768.89 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $1,886.82 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $1,886.82 | — |
| TCU ATHLETICS | COMM | $1,886.82 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,995.00 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $2,004.74 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $2,028.33 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,069.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,174.00 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $2,287.00 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $2,358.52 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,358.52 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $2,358.52 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $2,513.00 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,636.00 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $3,445.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $3,682.00 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $3,682.00 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $4,332.00 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | not published by hospital | — |
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Insertion of catheter vein at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,799.84 | $509.95 – $2,549.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $658.69 | $71.00 – $988.03 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $538.61 | $71.00 – $673.27 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,799.84 | $479.96 – $2,549.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $658.69 | $85.00 – $988.03 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $658.69 | $340.32 – $988.03 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $538.61 | $71.00 – $807.92 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,799.84 | $479.96 – $2,549.77 |