Mastoids complete 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.

$62.15 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $940.25 with Unicare — 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $62.15
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $62.15
United CHIP $62.15
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $62.15
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.15
Amerigroup CHIP $62.15
United STAR $62.15
United STARKids $62.15
United STARPLUS $62.15
United STARPerinate $62.15
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $65.26
Healthspring Life MCD $65.26
Superior Health Plan CHIP $65.82
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $65.82
Superior Health Plan STARKids $65.82
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $65.82
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $65.82
Aetna Better Health CHIP $67.12
Aetna Better Health MCD $67.12
Molina MCDSTAR $68.37
Molina CHIP $68.37
Molina STAR+PLUS $68.37
Molina STARKIDS $68.37
Humana MGMCD $77.69
Aetna QHPHIX $78.08
Aetna NewBusiness $107.05
Aetna COMM $114.68
Aetna Meritain $114.68
Cigna IFP $126.93
Cigna QHP $131.63
BCBS BluePremier $133.38
Aetna OON $134.50
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82
Humana COMM $147.93
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
United OptionsPPO $176.77
Cigna LocalPlus $186.32
Cigna NewBusiness $186.49
Unicare CHIP $206.85
Cigna NetworkBenefit $208.21
Cigna HMO $208.21
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $208.21
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $230.36
Evry Health COMM $242.58
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Cigna AllOther $263.34
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $317.80
Curative Administrators COMM $376.10
BCBS Traditional $417.47
City of McKinney COMM $423.11
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $423.11
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $470.13
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $470.13
BCBS PPO $478.58
Aetna ASA $495.51
Cigna Lifesource COMM $498.33
Aetna WCOMP $517.14
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $517.14
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $517.14
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $517.14
Averde Health, Inc PPO $545.35
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $553.81
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $553.81
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $658.17
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $658.17
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $658.17
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $667.58
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $676.98
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $705.19
USC Health Services COMM $752.20
USA Managed Care COMM $752.20
Galaxy Health Network PPO $799.21
Optum Transplant COMM $808.62
Independent Medical Systems COMM $940.25
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $940.25
Unicare MCD $940.25
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $238.14 $62.15 – $297.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $245.27 $50.48 – $367.90
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $235.84 $62.15 – $353.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $238.14 $62.15 – $297.68

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