Ph body fluid 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.

$2.15 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $141.14 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $2.15
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $2.15
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $3.01
Amerigroup CHIP $3.01
United CHIP $3.01
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.01
United STARPerinate $3.01
United STARPLUS $3.01
United STARKids $3.01
United STAR $3.01
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $3.16
Healthspring Life MCD $3.16
Aetna Better Health CHIP $3.25
Aetna Better Health MCD $3.25
Molina MCDSTAR $3.31
Molina STARKIDS $3.31
Molina STAR+PLUS $3.31
Molina CHIP $3.31
WellMed MGMCR $3.56
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $3.58
Devoted Health PPO $3.58
Amerigroup DualEligible $3.58
Devoted Health POS $3.58
United SmallGroup $3.58
Devoted Health SNP $3.58
BCBS MGMCRHMO $3.58
TriWest FEDERAL $3.58
Devoted Health HMO $3.58
Humana MGMCR $3.58
United AllPayerAppendix $3.58
Devoted Health MCR $3.58
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.58
BCBS MCRPPO $3.58
Devoted Health MME $3.58
United MGMCR $3.60
Aetna MCR $3.61
Care N Care MGMCR $3.62
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $3.65
WellCare MGMCR $3.69
Integranet MGMCR $3.69
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $3.76
ProCare Advantge MCR $3.76
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $3.76
Humana MGMCD $3.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $3.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $3.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $3.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $3.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $3.76
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $3.79
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $3.79
Humana Tricare $3.86
Molina MMP $3.90
Molina MME $3.90
Molina MCR $3.90
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $3.94
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $3.98
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $4.30
Aetna QHPHIX $4.56
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $4.65
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $5.37
Bravo Health MCRSNP $5.37
Bravo Health MCRPPO $5.37
Bravo Health MCRPOS $5.37
Bravo Health MCRHMO $5.37
BCBS BluePremier $6.12
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6.27
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $6.27
Aetna NewBusiness $6.28
Superior ValueHMO $6.41
Aetna Meritain $6.69
Aetna COMM $6.69
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $6.80
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7.09
Aetna OON $7.87
Superior EPO $8.02
Superior HMO $8.02
BCBS BlueEssentials $8.84
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $8.84
BCBS EPOSOA $9.27
Oscar HIX $9.31
Molina Healthcare HIX $9.38
BCBS PPO $9.70
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $9.88
Superior Health Plan STARKids $9.88
Superior Health Plan CHIP $9.88
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $9.88
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $9.88
Cigna LocalPlus $14.76
Cigna NewBusiness $14.78
Cigna NetworkBenefit $16.50
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $16.50
Cigna HMO $16.50
Cigna IFP $19.05
Cigna QHP $19.76
Cigna AllOther $20.86
United OptionsPPO $26.53
Unicare CHIP $31.05
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $34.58
Evry Health COMM $36.41
Humana COMM $39.77
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $47.71
BCBS Traditional $62.67
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $63.51
City of McKinney COMM $63.51
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $70.57
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $70.57
Aetna ASA $74.38
Cigna Lifesource COMM $74.80
Aetna WCOMP $77.63
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $77.63
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $77.63
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $77.63
Averde Health, Inc PPO $81.86
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $83.13
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $83.13
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $98.80
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $98.80
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $98.80
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $100.21
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $101.62
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $105.85
USA Managed Care COMM $112.91
USC Health Services COMM $112.91
Galaxy Health Network PPO $119.97
Optum Transplant COMM $121.38
Unicare MCD $141.14
Independent Medical Systems COMM $141.14
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $141.14
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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