Morphine 4 mg/ml injection (wrapper) 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.

$0.24 with BCBS vs $38.91 with Cigna — 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 BlueAdvantageHMO $0.24
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.24
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.35
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.35
BCBS EPOSOA $0.37
BCBS PPO $0.39
BCBS BluePremier $0.44
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.74
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $0.74
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $0.74
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.74
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.74
Cigna IFP $1.42
Cigna QHP $1.47
Aetna QHPHIX $1.72
United OptionsPPO $1.98
Unicare CHIP $2.32
Aetna NewBusiness $2.51
Aetna Meritain $2.70
Aetna COMM $2.70
Aetna OON $3.16
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $3.56
Humana Tricare $4.49
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $4.63
BCBS Traditional $4.68
City of McKinney COMM $4.74
United SmallGroup $5.02
United AllPayerAppendix $5.02
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.02
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $5.26
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $5.26
Aetna ASA $5.55
Cigna Lifesource COMM $5.58
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $5.79
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $5.79
Aetna WCOMP $5.79
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $5.79
Averde Health, Inc PPO $6.11
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $6.20
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $6.20
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $7.37
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $7.37
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $7.48
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $7.58
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $7.90
USC Health Services COMM $8.42
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $8.42
USA Managed Care COMM $8.42
Galaxy Health Network PPO $8.95
Optum Transplant COMM $9.06
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $10.53
Independent Medical Systems COMM $10.53
Unicare MCD $10.53
Humana COMM $16.38
Cigna LocalPlus $27.53
Cigna NewBusiness $27.56
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $30.76
Cigna HMO $30.76
Cigna NetworkBenefit $30.76
Cigna AllOther $38.91

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