Red blood cells 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.

$69.76 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,021.48 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 CHIP $69.76
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $69.76
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $69.76
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $69.76
Superior Health Plan STARKids $69.76
Cigna IFP $134.53
Cigna QHP $139.52
Aetna QHPHIX $155.99
United OptionsPPO $187.35
Oscar HIX $207.28
Aetna NewBusiness $214.85
Unicare CHIP $219.24
Aetna Meritain $228.83
Aetna COMM $228.83
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $244.15
BCBS MyBlueHealth $246.15
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $246.15
Evry Health COMM $257.11
Cigna LocalPlus $263.09
Cigna NewBusiness $263.09
Aetna OON $269.30
BCBS BluePremier $290.99
Cigna NetworkBenefit $293.98
Cigna HMO $293.98
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $293.98
BCBS BlueEssentials $317.90
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $317.90
BCBS EPOSOA $333.84
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $336.83
BCBS PPO $348.79
Cigna AllOther $371.71
Curative Administrators COMM $398.62
BCBS Traditional $442.46
City of McKinney COMM $448.44
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $448.44
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $498.27
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $498.27
Aetna ASA $525.18
Cigna Lifesource COMM $528.17
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $548.10
Aetna WCOMP $548.10
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $548.10
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $548.10
Averde Health, Inc PPO $577.99
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $586.96
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $586.96
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $697.58
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $697.58
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $697.58
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $707.54
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $717.51
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $747.40
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $797.23
USA Managed Care COMM $797.23
USC Health Services COMM $797.23
Galaxy Health Network PPO $847.06
Optum Transplant COMM $857.02
Unicare MCD $996.54
Independent Medical Systems COMM $996.54
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $996.54
Humana COMM $1,021.48

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