Prednisone 1 mg tablet 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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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.

$0.01 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $10.16 with Independent Medical Systems — 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.01
Humana Tricare $0.01
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.02
United AllPayerAppendix $0.02
United SmallGroup $0.02
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.03
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.03
BCBS EPOSOA $0.05
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.05
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.05
BCBS PPO $0.06
BCBS BluePremier $0.06
Cigna NewBusiness $0.06
Cigna LocalPlus $0.06
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.07
Cigna HMO $0.07
Cigna NetworkBenefit $0.07
Humana COMM $0.07
Cigna AllOther $0.09
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.71
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $0.71
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.71
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.71
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $0.71
Cigna IFP $1.37
Cigna QHP $1.42
Aetna QHPHIX $1.66
United OptionsPPO $1.91
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $1.93
Oscar HIX $2.11
Unicare CHIP $2.24
Aetna NewBusiness $2.42
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2.49
Aetna Meritain $2.60
Aetna COMM $2.60
Evry Health COMM $2.62
Aetna OON $3.05
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $3.43
Curative Administrators COMM $4.06
BCBS Traditional $4.51
City of McKinney COMM $4.57
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $4.57
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $5.08
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $5.08
Aetna ASA $5.35
Cigna Lifesource COMM $5.38
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $5.59
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $5.59
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $5.59
Aetna WCOMP $5.59
Averde Health, Inc PPO $5.89
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $5.98
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $5.98
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $7.11
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $7.11
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $7.11
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $7.21
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $7.32
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $7.62
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $8.13
USC Health Services COMM $8.13
USA Managed Care COMM $8.13
Galaxy Health Network PPO $8.64
Optum Transplant COMM $8.74
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $10.16
Unicare MCD $10.16
Independent Medical Systems COMM $10.16

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