Pretreat rbc w enzyme reference 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

$240.88

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.

$240.88

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.

$16.86 with Superior Health Plan vs $768.04 with BCBS — 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 MCDSTAR $16.86 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $16.86 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $16.86 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $16.86 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $16.86 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $30.72 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $32.52 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $33.72 ↓ -86%
Aetna NewBusiness $42.31 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMM $45.06 ↓ -81%
Aetna Meritain $45.06 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $45.29 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $50.10 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $52.99 ↓ -78%
Aetna OON $53.03 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $59.02 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $62.15 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $81.42 ↓ -66%
Cigna LocalPlus $89.95 ↓ -63%
Cigna NewBusiness $90.03 ↓ -63%
Cigna HMO $100.52 ↓ -58%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $100.52 ↓ -58%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $100.52 ↓ -58%
BCBS Traditional $106.95 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $108.40 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $108.40 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $120.44 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $120.44 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $126.94 ↓ -47%
Cigna AllOther $127.13 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $127.67 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $132.48 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $132.48 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $132.48 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $132.48 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $139.71 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $141.88 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $141.88 ↓ -41%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $168.62 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $168.62 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $168.62 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $171.02 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $173.43 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $180.66 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $192.70 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $192.70 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $204.75 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $207.16 ↓ -14%
Humana COMM $209.66 ↓ -13%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $240.88 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $240.88 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $240.88 ↑ +0%
United AllPayerAppendix $291.26 ↑ +21%
United SmallGroup $291.26 ↑ +21%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $291.26 ↑ +21%
BCBS BluePremier $484.63 ↑ +101%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $495.97 ↑ +106%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $495.97 ↑ +106%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $700.02 ↑ +191%
BCBS BlueEssentials $700.02 ↑ +191%
BCBS EPOSOA $734.03 ↑ +205%
BCBS PPO $768.04 ↑ +219%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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