Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging 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.

$446.27 with United vs $24,339.00 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
United STAR $446.27
United CHIP $446.27
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $446.27
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $446.27
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $446.27
United STARPerinate $446.27
United STARPLUS $446.27
United STARKids $446.27
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $468.58
Healthspring Life MCD $468.58
Amerigroup CHIP $468.58
Amerigroup MGMCD $468.58
Molina CHIP $490.90
Molina MCDSTAR $490.90
Molina STARKIDS $490.90
Molina STAR+PLUS $490.90
Aetna Better Health MCD $535.52
Aetna Better Health CHIP $535.52
Humana MGMCD $557.84
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $895.80
Superior Health Plan STARKids $895.80
Superior Health Plan CHIP $895.80
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $895.80
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $895.80
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,207.00
WellMed MGMCR $1,591.85
United SmallGroup $1,603.00
Cigna IFP $1,727.61
Cigna QHP $1,791.59
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Curative Administrators COMM $2,012.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00
United AllPayerAppendix $2,300.00
United OptionsPPO $2,405.85
BCBS BluePremier $2,414.07
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Unicare CHIP $2,815.36
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Humana COMM $3,965.82
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $4,325.42
Aetna OON $4,332.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $4,534.54
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,534.54
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $5,007.57
BCBS BlueEssentials $5,007.57
BCBS EPOSOA $5,252.24
BCBS PPO $5,496.91
BCBS Traditional $5,681.91
City of McKinney COMM $5,758.69
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $6,398.55
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $6,398.55
Oscar HIX $6,587.00
Aetna ASA $6,744.07
Cigna Lifesource COMM $6,782.46
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $7,038.40
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $7,038.40
Aetna WCOMP $7,038.40
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $7,038.40
Averde Health, Inc PPO $7,422.32
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $7,537.49
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $7,537.49
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $8,957.97
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $8,957.97
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $8,957.97
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $9,085.94
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $9,213.91
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $9,597.83
USC Health Services COMM $10,237.68
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $10,237.68
USA Managed Care COMM $10,237.68
Galaxy Health Network PPO $10,877.53
Optum Transplant COMM $11,005.51
Independent Medical Systems COMM $12,797.10
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $12,797.10
Unicare MCD $12,797.10
Cigna LocalPlus $17,220.00
Cigna NewBusiness $17,238.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $19,240.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $19,240.00
Cigna HMO $19,240.00
Cigna AllOther $24,339.00

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Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,161.89 $446.27 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,649.05 $71.00 – $3,973.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,522.88 $71.00 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,161.89 $446.27 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,649.05 $85.00 – $3,973.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,649.05 $446.27 – $3,973.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,522.88 $71.00 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $3,161.89 $446.27 – $3,967.42

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