Knee-shin exo variable frict 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.

$570.01 with Humana vs $3,319.96 with Humana — 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
Humana Tricare $570.01
BCBS MGMCRHMO $576.12
BCBS MCRPPO $576.12
WellMed MGMCR $584.70
TriWest FEDERAL $587.64
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $587.64
Amerigroup DualEligible $587.64
Devoted Health SNP $587.64
Devoted Health HMO $587.64
Devoted Health POS $587.64
Devoted Health MCR $587.64
Devoted Health MME $587.64
Devoted Health PPO $587.64
Humana MGMCR $587.64
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $587.64
United MGMCR $590.58
Aetna MCR $592.63
Care N Care MGMCR $593.52
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $599.39
Integranet MGMCR $605.27
WellCare MGMCR $605.27
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $617.02
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $617.02
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $617.02
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $617.02
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $617.02
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $617.02
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $617.02
ProCare Advantge MCR $617.02
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $622.90
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $622.90
Molina MMP $640.53
Molina MCR $640.53
Molina MME $640.53
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $646.40
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $705.17
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $763.93
Bravo Health MCRHMO $881.46
Bravo Health MCRPPO $881.46
Bravo Health MCRSNP $881.46
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $881.46
Bravo Health MCRPOS $881.46
Superior ValueHMO $1,051.88
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $1,116.52
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,163.53
Superior EPO $1,316.31
Superior HMO $1,316.31
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,539.62
Humana COMM $3,319.96

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Knee-shin exo variable frict at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $575.89 – $1,263.43
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $575.89 – $1,263.43
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $575.89 – $1,263.43
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $575.89 – $1,263.43
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $575.89 – $1,263.43
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $575.89 – $1,263.43
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $575.89 – $1,263.43
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $575.89 – $1,263.43

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