Perq plmt bile duct stent 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.

$1,995.00 with Fidelis SecureCare vs $30,482.85 with Humana — 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
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $2,787.88
United STARPLUS $2,787.88
United STARKids $2,787.88
United STAR $2,787.88
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $2,787.88
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $2,787.88
United CHIP $2,787.88
United STARPerinate $2,787.88
Amerigroup CHIP $2,927.27
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $2,927.27
Healthspring Life MCD $2,927.27
Amerigroup MGMCD $2,927.27
Molina MCDSTAR $3,066.67
Molina STARKIDS $3,066.67
Molina STAR+PLUS $3,066.67
Molina CHIP $3,066.67
Aetna Better Health MCD $3,345.46
Aetna Better Health CHIP $3,345.46
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Humana MGMCD $3,484.85
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
WellMed MGMCR $6,113.50
BCBS BluePremier $7,153.89
Oscar HIX $8,024.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $8,517.00
Curative Administrators COMM $8,778.00
Evry Health COMM $9,417.00
United SmallGroup $10,876.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11,301.00
Cigna LocalPlus $12,333.00
Cigna NewBusiness $12,346.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $13,437.71
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $13,437.71
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $13,780.00
Cigna HMO $13,780.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $13,780.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $14,839.49
BCBS BlueEssentials $14,839.49
BCBS EPOSOA $15,564.55
BCBS PPO $16,289.60
United AllPayerAppendix $16,960.00
Cigna AllOther $17,431.00
Humana COMM $30,482.85

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Perq plmt bile duct stent at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $7,082.99 $2,787.88 – $14,293.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $8,439.92 $71.00 – $14,293.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $6,021.16 $71.00 – $14,293.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $7,082.99 $2,787.88 – $14,293.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $8,439.92 $85.00 – $14,293.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $8,439.92 $2,787.88 – $14,293.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $6,021.16 $71.00 – $14,293.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $7,082.99 $2,787.88 – $14,293.73

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