Macro exam dissect molec study ea 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

$12.62

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.

$12.62

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.

$0.88 with Superior Health Plan vs $51.20 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
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $0.88 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.88 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.88 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $0.88 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.88 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $1.70 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $1.77 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $2.37 ↓ -81%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $2.40 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $2.62 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $2.78 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $3.09 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $3.26 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $4.27 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $5.60 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $5.68 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $5.68 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $6.31 ↓ -50%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $6.31 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $6.65 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $6.69 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $6.94 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $6.94 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $6.94 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $6.94 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $7.32 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $7.43 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $7.43 ↓ -41%
United SmallGroup $8.03 ↓ -36%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.03 ↓ -36%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.03 ↓ -36%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $8.83 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $8.83 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $8.83 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $8.96 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $9.09 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $9.46 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $10.10 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $10.10 ↓ -20%
Aetna QHPHIX $10.18 ↓ -19%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $10.73 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $10.85 ↓ -14%
BCBS BluePremier $11.71 ↓ -7%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $11.99 ↓ -5%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.99 ↓ -5%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $12.62 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $12.62 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $12.62 ↑ +0%
Aetna NewBusiness $14.02 ↑ +11%
Aetna COMM $14.93 ↑ +18%
Aetna Meritain $14.93 ↑ +18%
BCBS BlueEssentials $16.92 ↑ +34%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $16.92 ↑ +34%
Aetna OON $17.57 ↑ +39%
BCBS EPOSOA $17.74 ↑ +41%
BCBS PPO $18.56 ↑ +47%
Cigna LocalPlus $30.61 ↑ +143%
Cigna NewBusiness $30.64 ↑ +143%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $34.20 ↑ +171%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $34.20 ↑ +171%
Cigna HMO $34.20 ↑ +171%
Cigna AllOther $43.26 ↑ +243%
Humana COMM $51.20 ↑ +306%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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