Interferon beta-1b / .25 mg at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL
900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772
$4,822.66
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.
$4,822.66
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.
$337.59 with Superior Health Plan vs $6,198.23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $337.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $337.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $337.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $337.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $337.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $651.06 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $675.17 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $786.09 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $906.66 | ↓ -81% |
| United | SmallGroup | $992.52 | ↓ -79% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $992.52 | ↓ -79% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $992.52 | ↓ -79% |
| Unicare | CHIP | $1,060.99 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1,147.79 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,234.60 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,234.60 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,446.80 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $1,532.46 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,532.46 | ↓ -68% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,630.06 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,141.26 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $2,170.20 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $2,243.16 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $2,243.16 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $2,354.21 | ↓ -51% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $2,411.33 | ↓ -50% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $2,411.33 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS | PPO | $2,465.25 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | ASA | $2,541.54 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $2,556.01 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | COMM | $2,630.70 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $2,652.46 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $2,652.46 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $2,652.46 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $2,652.46 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $2,762.86 | ↓ -43% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $2,797.14 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $2,840.55 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $2,840.55 | ↓ -41% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $3,375.86 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $3,375.86 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $3,424.09 | ↓ -29% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $3,472.32 | ↓ -28% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $3,616.99 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $3,858.13 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $3,858.13 | ↓ -20% |
| TCU ATHLETICS | COMM | $3,858.13 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $4,099.26 | ↓ -15% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $4,147.49 | ↓ -14% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $4,385.58 | ↓ -9% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $4,389.93 | ↓ -9% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $4,822.66 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $4,822.66 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $4,822.66 | ↑ +0% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $4,899.45 | ↑ +2% |
| Cigna | HMO | $4,899.45 | ↑ +2% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $4,899.45 | ↑ +2% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $6,198.23 | ↑ +29% |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $453.93 | $285.33 – $1,296.94 |
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| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $453.93 | $285.33 – $1,296.94 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen | Allen | $289.67 | $579.67 – $579.67 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound | Flower Mound | $289.67 | $909.70 – $909.70 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance | Fort Worth | $289.67 | $579.67 – $579.67 |
| Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital | Arlington | $289.67 | $579.67 – $579.67 |