Platelets 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.

$22.34 with Superior Health Plan vs $822.32 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 STARKids $22.34
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $22.34
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $22.34
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $22.34
Superior Health Plan CHIP $22.34
Cigna IFP $43.09
Cigna QHP $44.69
United OptionsPPO $60.01
Oscar HIX $66.39
Unicare CHIP $70.22
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $78.20
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $78.84
BCBS MyBlueHealth $78.84
Evry Health COMM $82.35
Cigna NewBusiness $84.27
Cigna LocalPlus $84.27
BCBS BluePremier $93.21
Cigna NetworkBenefit $94.16
Cigna HMO $94.16
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $94.16
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $101.82
BCBS BlueEssentials $101.82
BCBS EPOSOA $106.93
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $107.89
BCBS PPO $111.72
Cigna AllOther $119.06
Curative Administrators COMM $127.68
BCBS Traditional $141.72
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $143.64
City of McKinney COMM $143.64
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $159.60
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $159.60
Aetna ASA $168.22
Cigna Lifesource COMM $169.18
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $175.56
Aetna WCOMP $175.56
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $175.56
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $175.56
Averde Health, Inc PPO $185.14
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $188.01
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $188.01
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $223.44
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $223.44
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $223.44
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $226.63
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $229.82
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $239.40
USC Health Services COMM $255.36
USA Managed Care COMM $255.36
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $255.36
Galaxy Health Network PPO $271.32
Optum Transplant COMM $274.51
Independent Medical Systems COMM $319.20
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $319.20
Unicare MCD $319.20
Aetna QHPHIX $334.85
Aetna NewBusiness $461.21
Aetna COMM $491.22
Aetna Meritain $491.22
Aetna OON $578.10
Humana COMM $822.32

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