Metered dose inhaler drug 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.

$0.53 with Superior Health Plan vs $27.97 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 STARHealth $0.53
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.53
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.53
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.53
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $0.53
Cigna IFP $1.02
Cigna QHP $1.06
Aetna QHPHIX $1.23
United OptionsPPO $1.42
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $1.43
Oscar HIX $1.57
Unicare CHIP $1.66
Aetna NewBusiness $1.79
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1.85
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1.86
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1.86
Aetna COMM $1.93
Aetna Meritain $1.93
Evry Health COMM $1.95
Cigna NewBusiness $1.99
Cigna LocalPlus $1.99
BCBS BluePremier $2.20
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2.22
Cigna HMO $2.22
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2.22
Aetna OON $2.26
BCBS BlueEssentials $2.41
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $2.41
BCBS EPOSOA $2.53
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2.55
BCBS PPO $2.64
Cigna AllOther $2.81
Curative Administrators COMM $3.02
BCBS Traditional $3.35
City of McKinney COMM $3.39
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $3.39
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3.77
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $3.77
Aetna ASA $3.97
Cigna Lifesource COMM $4.00
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $4.15
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $4.15
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $4.15
Aetna WCOMP $4.15
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4.37
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $4.44
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $4.44
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $5.28
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $5.28
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $5.28
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5.35
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $5.43
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $5.66
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $6.03
USA Managed Care COMM $6.03
USC Health Services COMM $6.03
Galaxy Health Network PPO $6.41
Optum Transplant COMM $6.48
Unicare MCD $7.54
Independent Medical Systems COMM $7.54
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7.54
Humana COMM $27.97

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Metered dose inhaler drug at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $57.68 $17.04 – $133.69
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $431.10 $4.50 – $11.84
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $57.68 $22.73 – $133.69
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $86.37 $26.80 – $116.12
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $57.68 $22.73 – $148.40
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $431.10 $2.61 – $11.84
St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine San Augustine $431.10 $2.14 – $12.32
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $57.68 $22.73 – $133.69

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