Melphalan oral 2 mg 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

$147.96

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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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$147.96

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.

$7.72 with United vs $147.96 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
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7.72 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.72 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $7.72 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $10.36 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $10.36 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $10.36 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $10.36 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $10.36 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $19.97 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $20.71 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $24.12 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $24.25 ↓ -84%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $24.25 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $27.82 ↓ -81%
Unicare CHIP $32.55 ↓ -78%
Aetna NewBusiness $35.21 ↓ -76%
BCBS BlueEssentials $35.50 ↓ -76%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $35.50 ↓ -76%
BCBS EPOSOA $37.26 ↓ -75%
Aetna Meritain $37.88 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $37.88 ↓ -74%
BCBS PPO $39.02 ↓ -74%
BCBS BluePremier $43.73 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $44.39 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $50.01 ↓ -66%
Cigna LocalPlus $56.52 ↓ -62%
Cigna NewBusiness $56.57 ↓ -62%
Cigna HMO $63.14 ↓ -57%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $63.14 ↓ -57%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $63.14 ↓ -57%
BCBS Traditional $65.69 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $66.58 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $73.98 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $73.98 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $77.97 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $78.42 ↓ -47%
Cigna AllOther $79.88 ↓ -46%
Aetna WCOMP $81.38 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $81.38 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $81.38 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $81.38 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $85.82 ↓ -42%
Humana COMM $85.84 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $87.15 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $87.15 ↓ -41%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $103.57 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $103.57 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $105.05 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $106.53 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $110.97 ↓ -25%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $118.37 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $118.37 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $118.37 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $125.77 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $127.25 ↓ -14%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $147.96 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $147.96 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $147.96 ↑ +0%

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