Peng benzathine/procaine inj 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

$1,458.16

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.

$1,458.16

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.

$15.87 with BCBS vs $1,458.16 with Unicare — 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 $15.87 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $15.87 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $16.85 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $17.37 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentials $23.23 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $23.23 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $24.38 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $25.53 ↓ -98%
BCBS BluePremier $28.61 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $32.21 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $32.21 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $32.21 ↓ -98%
Humana COMM $79.41 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $102.07 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $102.07 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $102.07 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $102.07 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $102.07 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $105.11 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $105.21 ↓ -93%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $117.42 ↓ -92%
Cigna HMO $117.42 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $117.42 ↓ -92%
Cigna AllOther $148.55 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $196.85 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $204.14 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $237.68 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $274.13 ↓ -81%
Unicare CHIP $320.80 ↓ -78%
Aetna NewBusiness $347.04 ↓ -76%
Aetna Meritain $373.29 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $373.29 ↓ -74%
Aetna OON $437.45 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $492.86 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $647.42 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $656.17 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $729.08 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $729.08 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $768.45 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $772.82 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $801.99 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $801.99 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $801.99 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $801.99 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $845.73 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $858.86 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $858.86 ↓ -41%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,020.71 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,020.71 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,035.29 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $1,049.88 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,093.62 ↓ -25%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $1,166.53 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,166.53 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,166.53 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,239.44 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $1,254.02 ↓ -14%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,458.16 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,458.16 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,458.16 ↑ +0%

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Peng benzathine/procaine inj at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $168.10 $4.14 – $480.27
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $26.59 $6.35 – $136.73
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $363.50 $5.46 – $35.06
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $168.10 $5.01 – $480.27
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $168.10 $5.01 – $480.27
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $26.59 $6.35 – $129.14
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $957.98 $9.02 – $108.11
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $168.10 $5.01 – $480.27

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