Manipulation chest wall initial demonstration/evaluation 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.

$21.81 with Superior Health Plan vs $583.31 with BCBS — 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 CHIP $21.81
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $21.81
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $21.81
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $21.81
Superior Health Plan STARKids $21.81
Cigna IFP $42.06
Cigna QHP $43.61
Aetna QHPHIX $50.78
United OptionsPPO $58.57
Oscar HIX $64.80
Unicare CHIP $68.53
Aetna NewBusiness $74.14
Aetna Meritain $79.75
Aetna COMM $79.75
Aetna OON $93.46
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $105.29
BCBS Traditional $138.31
City of McKinney COMM $140.18
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $140.18
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $155.76
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $155.76
Aetna ASA $164.17
Cigna Lifesource COMM $165.11
Aetna WCOMP $171.34
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $171.34
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $171.34
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $171.34
Averde Health, Inc PPO $180.68
Humana COMM $182.85
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $183.49
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $183.49
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $218.06
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $218.06
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $218.06
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $221.18
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $224.29
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $233.64
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $249.22
USC Health Services COMM $249.22
USA Managed Care COMM $249.22
BCBS BluePremier $257.31
Galaxy Health Network PPO $264.79
Optum Transplant COMM $267.91
BCBS MyBlueHealth $299.83
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $299.83
Independent Medical Systems COMM $311.52
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $311.52
Unicare MCD $311.52
BCBS BlueEssentials $530.98
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $530.98
BCBS EPOSOA $557.14
BCBS PPO $583.31

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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $572.01 $419.77 – $419.77
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $226.54 $64.19 – $316.45
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $216.95 $112.09 – $3,235.82
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