Metabolic panel ionized ca 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.

$8.24 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $1,466.65 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 CHIP $8.24
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $8.24
Amerigroup CHIP $9.74
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $9.74
United STARPLUS $9.74
United STARKids $9.74
United STAR $9.74
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.74
United STARPerinate $9.74
United CHIP $9.74
Healthspring Life MCD $10.23
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $10.23
Aetna Better Health MCD $10.52
Aetna Better Health CHIP $10.52
Molina STAR+PLUS $10.71
Molina STARKIDS $10.71
Molina CHIP $10.71
Molina MCDSTAR $10.71
Humana MGMCD $12.18
WellMed MGMCR $13.66
BCBS MGMCRHMO $13.73
Devoted Health HMO $13.73
Devoted Health POS $13.73
Devoted Health MCR $13.73
Devoted Health MME $13.73
BCBS MCRPPO $13.73
Humana MGMCR $13.73
United SmallGroup $13.73
TriWest FEDERAL $13.73
Amerigroup DualEligible $13.73
Devoted Health PPO $13.73
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $13.73
Devoted Health SNP $13.73
United AllPayerAppendix $13.73
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.73
United MGMCR $13.80
Aetna MCR $13.85
Care N Care MGMCR $13.87
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $14.00
Integranet MGMCR $14.14
WellCare MGMCR $14.14
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $14.42
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $14.42
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $14.42
ProCare Advantge MCR $14.42
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $14.42
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $14.42
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $14.42
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $14.42
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $14.55
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $14.55
Humana Tricare $14.79
Molina MME $14.97
Molina MCR $14.97
Molina MMP $14.97
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $15.10
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $15.25
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $16.48
Aetna QHPHIX $17.47
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $17.85
Bravo Health MCRPPO $20.59
Bravo Health MCRPOS $20.59
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $20.59
Bravo Health MCRSNP $20.59
Bravo Health MCRHMO $20.59
BCBS BluePremier $23.48
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $24.03
BCBS MyBlueHealth $24.03
Aetna NewBusiness $24.06
Superior ValueHMO $24.58
Aetna COMM $25.63
Aetna Meritain $25.63
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $26.09
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $27.19
Aetna OON $30.16
Superior HMO $30.76
Superior EPO $30.76
BCBS BlueEssentials $33.91
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $33.91
BCBS EPOSOA $35.56
Oscar HIX $35.70
Molina Healthcare HIX $35.97
BCBS PPO $37.21
Cigna LocalPlus $55.04
Cigna NewBusiness $55.10
Cigna HMO $61.51
Cigna NetworkBenefit $61.51
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $61.51
Cigna AllOther $77.80
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $102.67
Superior Health Plan STARKids $102.67
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $102.67
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $102.67
Superior Health Plan CHIP $102.67
Humana COMM $123.55
Cigna IFP $198.00
Cigna QHP $205.33
United OptionsPPO $275.73
Unicare CHIP $322.66
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $359.33
Evry Health COMM $378.40
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $495.73
BCBS Traditional $651.19
City of McKinney COMM $659.99
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $659.99
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $733.33
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $733.33
Aetna ASA $772.92
Cigna Lifesource COMM $777.32
Aetna WCOMP $806.66
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $806.66
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $806.66
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $806.66
Averde Health, Inc PPO $850.66
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $863.86
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $863.86
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,026.65
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,026.65
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,026.65
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,041.32
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $1,055.99
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,099.99
USC Health Services COMM $1,173.32
USA Managed Care COMM $1,173.32
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,246.65
Optum Transplant COMM $1,261.32
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,466.65
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,466.65
Unicare MCD $1,466.65
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital

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