Particle matristem matrix 1000mg micron-q4118-cost per mg 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.

$2.47 with Humana vs $86.00 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
Humana Tricare $2.47
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $2.55
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $6.02
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $6.02
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $6.02
Superior Health Plan CHIP $6.02
Superior Health Plan STARKids $6.02
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.01
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $11.01
Cigna IFP $11.61
Cigna QHP $12.04
United AllPayerAppendix $13.08
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.08
United SmallGroup $13.08
Aetna QHPHIX $14.02
Cigna LocalPlus $15.49
Cigna NewBusiness $15.51
BCBS BlueEssentials $16.11
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $16.11
United OptionsPPO $16.17
BCBS EPOSOA $16.91
Cigna NetworkBenefit $17.31
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $17.31
Cigna HMO $17.31
BCBS PPO $17.70
Unicare CHIP $18.92
BCBS BluePremier $19.84
Aetna NewBusiness $20.47
Cigna AllOther $21.89
Aetna Meritain $22.02
Aetna COMM $22.02
Aetna OON $25.80
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $29.07
BCBS Traditional $38.18
City of McKinney COMM $38.70
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $43.00
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $43.00
Aetna ASA $45.32
Cigna Lifesource COMM $45.58
Aetna WCOMP $47.30
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $47.30
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $47.30
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $47.30
Averde Health, Inc PPO $49.88
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $50.65
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $50.65
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $60.20
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $60.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $61.06
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $61.92
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $64.50
USA Managed Care COMM $68.80
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $68.80
USC Health Services COMM $68.80
Galaxy Health Network PPO $73.10
Optum Transplant COMM $73.96
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $86.00
Unicare MCD $86.00
Independent Medical Systems COMM $86.00

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Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $4,921.76 $8.94 – $12.74
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $4,257.86 $3.47 – $11.82
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Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen $6,448.80 $4.16 – $4.16
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St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $6,469.58 $2.54 – $606.06

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