Intro cath dialysis circuit w/pta 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.

$1,764.89 with United 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.

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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
United CHIP $1,764.89
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $1,764.89
United STARPerinate $1,764.89
United STARPLUS $1,764.89
United STARKids $1,764.89
United STAR $1,764.89
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $1,764.89
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $1,764.89
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $1,853.13
Healthspring Life MCD $1,853.13
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,853.13
Amerigroup CHIP $1,853.13
Molina STARKIDS $1,941.38
Molina MCDSTAR $1,941.38
Molina CHIP $1,941.38
Molina STAR+PLUS $1,941.38
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00
Cigna IFP $2,094.45
Aetna Better Health MCD $2,117.87
Aetna Better Health CHIP $2,117.87
Cigna QHP $2,172.02
Humana MGMCD $2,206.11
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
United OptionsPPO $2,916.71
Unicare CHIP $3,413.17
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $5,243.88
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5,591.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5,591.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5,591.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $5,591.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $5,591.00
WellMed MGMCR $5,755.55
Humana COMM $6,850.74
BCBS Traditional $6,888.41
City of McKinney COMM $6,981.49
Oscar HIX $7,008.00
BCBS BluePremier $7,331.79
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $7,757.22
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $7,757.22
Aetna ASA $8,176.10
Cigna Lifesource COMM $8,222.65
Aetna WCOMP $8,532.94
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $8,532.94
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $8,532.94
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $8,532.94
Curative Administrators COMM $8,778.00
Averde Health, Inc PPO $8,998.37
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $9,138.00
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $9,138.00
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $10,860.10
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $10,860.10
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $10,860.10
United SmallGroup $10,876.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $11,015.25
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $11,170.39
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11,301.00
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $11,635.82
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $12,411.54
USA Managed Care COMM $12,411.54
USC Health Services COMM $12,411.54
Galaxy Health Network PPO $13,187.27
Optum Transplant COMM $13,342.41
BCBS MyBlueHealth $13,771.87
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $13,771.87
BCBS BlueEssentials $15,208.50
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $15,208.50
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $15,514.43
Independent Medical Systems COMM $15,514.43
Unicare MCD $15,514.43
BCBS EPOSOA $15,951.59
BCBS PPO $16,694.68
United AllPayerAppendix $16,960.00
Cigna LocalPlus $21,804.00
Cigna NewBusiness $21,826.00
Cigna HMO $24,362.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $24,362.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $24,362.00
Cigna AllOther $30,818.00

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Intro cath dialysis circuit w/pta at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $12,316.55 $1,764.89 – $15,395.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $9,712.25 $71.00 – $14,568.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $14,186.89 $71.00 – $17,733.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $12,316.55 $1,764.89 – $15,395.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $9,712.25 $85.00 – $14,568.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $9,712.25 $1,764.89 – $14,568.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $14,186.89 $71.00 – $21,280.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $12,316.55 $1,764.89 – $15,395.69

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