Nerve teasing preparations 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

$490.93

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.

$490.93

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.

$34.37 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,702.42 with BCBS — 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 CHIP $34.37 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $34.37 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $34.37 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $34.37 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $34.37 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $66.28 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $68.73 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $92.29 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $102.11 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $108.00 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $120.28 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $126.66 ↓ -74%
Aetna QHPHIX $147.26 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $165.93 ↓ -66%
Aetna NewBusiness $202.82 ↓ -59%
Aetna COMM $216.02 ↓ -56%
Aetna Meritain $216.02 ↓ -56%
BCBS Traditional $217.97 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $220.92 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $220.92 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $245.47 ↓ -50%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $245.47 ↓ -50%
Aetna OON $254.22 ↓ -48%
Aetna ASA $258.72 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $260.19 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $270.01 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $270.01 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $270.01 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $270.01 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $284.74 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $289.16 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $289.16 ↓ -41%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $343.65 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $343.65 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $343.65 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $348.56 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $353.47 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $368.20 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $392.74 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $392.74 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $417.29 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $422.20 ↓ -14%
Cigna LocalPlus $480.84 ↓ -2%
Cigna NewBusiness $481.30 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $490.93 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $490.93 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $490.93 ↑ +0%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $537.34 ↑ +9%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $537.34 ↑ +9%
Cigna HMO $537.34 ↑ +9%
United SmallGroup $656.15 ↑ +34%
United AllPayerAppendix $656.15 ↑ +34%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $656.15 ↑ +34%
Cigna AllOther $679.64 ↑ +38%
Humana COMM $822.53 ↑ +68%
BCBS BluePremier $1,074.22 ↑ +119%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,099.35 ↑ +124%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,099.35 ↑ +124%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,551.65 ↑ +216%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,551.65 ↑ +216%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,627.04 ↑ +231%
BCBS PPO $1,702.42 ↑ +247%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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