Potassium serum/plasma/whole blood 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.

$2.86 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $490.93 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 $2.86
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $2.86
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $4.00
Amerigroup CHIP $4.00
United CHIP $4.00
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.00
United STARPerinate $4.00
United STARPLUS $4.00
United STARKids $4.00
United STAR $4.00
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $4.20
Healthspring Life MCD $4.20
Aetna Better Health CHIP $4.32
Aetna Better Health MCD $4.32
Molina MCDSTAR $4.40
Molina STARKIDS $4.40
Molina STAR+PLUS $4.40
Molina CHIP $4.40
WellMed MGMCR $4.74
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $4.76
Devoted Health PPO $4.76
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.76
Devoted Health POS $4.76
United SmallGroup $4.76
Devoted Health SNP $4.76
BCBS MGMCRHMO $4.76
TriWest FEDERAL $4.76
Devoted Health HMO $4.76
Humana MGMCR $4.76
United AllPayerAppendix $4.76
Devoted Health MCR $4.76
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.76
BCBS MCRPPO $4.76
Devoted Health MME $4.76
United MGMCR $4.78
Aetna MCR $4.80
Care N Care MGMCR $4.81
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $4.86
WellCare MGMCR $4.90
Integranet MGMCR $4.90
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $5.00
ProCare Advantge MCR $5.00
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $5.00
Humana MGMCD $5.00
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $5.00
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $5.00
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $5.00
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $5.00
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $5.00
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $5.05
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $5.05
Humana Tricare $5.13
Molina MMP $5.19
Molina MME $5.19
Molina MCR $5.19
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $5.24
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.29
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.71
Aetna QHPHIX $6.06
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $6.19
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $7.14
Bravo Health MCRSNP $7.14
Bravo Health MCRPPO $7.14
Bravo Health MCRPOS $7.14
Bravo Health MCRHMO $7.14
BCBS BluePremier $8.14
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.33
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $8.33
Aetna NewBusiness $8.35
Superior ValueHMO $8.52
Aetna Meritain $8.89
Aetna COMM $8.89
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $9.04
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.42
Aetna OON $10.47
Superior EPO $10.66
Superior HMO $10.66
BCBS BlueEssentials $11.76
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $11.76
BCBS EPOSOA $12.33
Oscar HIX $12.38
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.47
BCBS PPO $12.90
Cigna LocalPlus $18.81
Cigna NewBusiness $18.82
Cigna HMO $21.02
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $21.02
Cigna NetworkBenefit $21.02
Cigna AllOther $26.58
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $34.37
Superior Health Plan CHIP $34.37
Superior Health Plan STARKids $34.37
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $34.37
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $34.37
Humana COMM $51.11
Cigna IFP $66.28
Cigna QHP $68.73
United OptionsPPO $92.29
Unicare CHIP $108.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $120.28
Evry Health COMM $126.66
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $165.93
BCBS Traditional $217.97
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $220.92
City of McKinney COMM $220.92
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $245.47
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $245.47
Aetna ASA $258.72
Cigna Lifesource COMM $260.19
Aetna WCOMP $270.01
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $270.01
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $270.01
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $270.01
Averde Health, Inc PPO $284.74
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $289.16
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $289.16
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $343.65
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $343.65
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $343.65
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $348.56
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $353.47
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $368.20
USA Managed Care COMM $392.74
USC Health Services COMM $392.74
Galaxy Health Network PPO $417.29
Optum Transplant COMM $422.20
Unicare MCD $490.93
Independent Medical Systems COMM $490.93
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $490.93
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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