Red blood cells washed 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

$1,176.40

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.

$1,176.40

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.

$82.35 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,749.02 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 STARHealth $82.35 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $82.35 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $82.35 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $82.35 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $82.35 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $158.81 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $164.70 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $221.16 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $244.69 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $258.81 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $288.22 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $290.57 ↓ -75%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $290.57 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $303.51 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $310.57 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $310.57 ↓ -74%
BCBS BluePremier $343.51 ↓ -71%
Cigna HMO $347.04 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $347.04 ↓ -70%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $347.04 ↓ -70%
Aetna QHPHIX $351.35 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $375.27 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentials $375.27 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $394.09 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $397.62 ↓ -66%
BCBS PPO $411.74 ↓ -65%
Cigna AllOther $438.80 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $470.56 ↓ -60%
Aetna NewBusiness $483.93 ↓ -59%
Aetna COMM $515.42 ↓ -56%
Aetna Meritain $515.42 ↓ -56%
BCBS Traditional $522.32 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $529.38 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $529.38 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $588.20 ↓ -50%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $588.20 ↓ -50%
Aetna OON $606.57 ↓ -48%
Aetna ASA $619.96 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $623.49 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $647.02 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $647.02 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $647.02 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $647.02 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $682.31 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $692.90 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $692.90 ↓ -41%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $823.48 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $823.48 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $823.48 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $835.24 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $847.01 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $882.30 ↓ -25%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $941.12 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $941.12 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $941.12 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $999.94 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $1,011.70 ↓ -14%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,176.40 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,176.40 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,176.40 ↑ +0%
Humana COMM $2,749.02 ↑ +134%

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