Methylene blue (antidote) 5 mg/ml intravenous solution 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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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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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.

$4.00 with BCBS vs $1,270.94 with Independent Medical Systems — 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $4.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $5.86
BCBS BlueEssentials $5.86
BCBS EPOSOA $6.15
BCBS PPO $6.44
BCBS BluePremier $7.22
United AllPayerAppendix $16.19
United SmallGroup $16.19
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.19
Cigna LocalPlus $16.64
Cigna NewBusiness $16.66
Cigna HMO $18.59
Cigna NetworkBenefit $18.59
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $18.59
Cigna AllOther $23.52
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $88.97
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $88.97
Superior Health Plan STARKids $88.97
Superior Health Plan CHIP $88.97
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $88.97
Humana COMM $129.70
Cigna IFP $171.58
Cigna QHP $177.93
Aetna QHPHIX $207.16
United OptionsPPO $238.94
Unicare CHIP $279.61
Aetna NewBusiness $302.48
Aetna Meritain $325.36
Aetna COMM $325.36
Aetna OON $381.28
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $429.58
BCBS Traditional $564.30
City of McKinney COMM $571.92
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $635.47
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $635.47
Aetna ASA $669.79
Cigna Lifesource COMM $673.60
Aetna WCOMP $699.02
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $699.02
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $699.02
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $699.02
Averde Health, Inc PPO $737.15
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $748.58
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $748.58
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $889.66
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $889.66
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $902.37
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $915.08
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $953.21
USA Managed Care COMM $1,016.75
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $1,016.75
USC Health Services COMM $1,016.75
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,080.30
Optum Transplant COMM $1,093.01
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,270.94
Unicare MCD $1,270.94
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,270.94

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