Platelet pheresis each unit 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.

$202.46 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,013.14 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
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $202.46
Superior Health Plan CHIP $202.46
Superior Health Plan STARKids $202.46
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $202.46
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $202.46
Cigna IFP $390.47
Cigna QHP $404.93
United OptionsPPO $543.76
Oscar HIX $601.61
Unicare CHIP $636.31
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $708.62
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $714.41
BCBS MyBlueHealth $714.41
Evry Health COMM $746.22
Cigna LocalPlus $763.58
Cigna NewBusiness $763.58
BCBS BluePremier $844.56
Cigna HMO $853.24
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $853.24
Cigna NetworkBenefit $853.24
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $922.66
BCBS BlueEssentials $922.66
Aetna QHPHIX $965.49
BCBS EPOSOA $968.93
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $977.61
BCBS PPO $1,012.32
Cigna AllOther $1,078.84
Curative Administrators COMM $1,156.94
BCBS Traditional $1,284.20
City of McKinney COMM $1,301.55
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,301.55
Aetna NewBusiness $1,329.83
Aetna Meritain $1,416.36
Aetna COMM $1,416.36
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,446.17
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,446.17
Aetna ASA $1,524.26
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,532.94
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,590.79
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,590.79
Aetna WCOMP $1,590.79
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,590.79
Aetna OON $1,666.84
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,677.56
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,703.59
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,703.59
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,024.64
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,024.64
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,024.64
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,053.56
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $2,082.48
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,169.26
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $2,313.87
USA Managed Care COMM $2,313.87
USC Health Services COMM $2,313.87
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,458.49
Optum Transplant COMM $2,487.41
Unicare MCD $2,892.34
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,892.34
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,892.34
Humana COMM $3,013.14

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Platelet pheresis each unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,260.36 $288.60 – $1,575.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,260.36 $259.42 – $1,890.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,326.70 $265.34 – $1,658.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,260.36 $288.60 – $1,575.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,260.36 $288.60 – $1,890.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,260.36 $651.19 – $1,890.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,326.70 $288.60 – $1,990.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,260.36 $288.60 – $1,575.45

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