Removal central venous catheter tunneled without port/pump 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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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.

$223.75 with United vs $12,897.00 with Oscar — 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
United CHIP $223.75
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $223.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $223.75
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $223.75
United STARPerinate $223.75
United STARPLUS $223.75
United STARKids $223.75
United STAR $223.75
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $234.94
Amerigroup MGMCD $234.94
Healthspring Life MCD $234.94
Amerigroup CHIP $234.94
Molina CHIP $246.13
Molina STAR+PLUS $246.13
Molina STARKIDS $246.13
Molina MCDSTAR $246.13
Aetna Better Health CHIP $268.50
Aetna Better Health MCD $268.50
Humana MGMCD $279.69
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $495.02
Superior Health Plan CHIP $495.02
Superior Health Plan STARKids $495.02
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $495.02
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $495.02
WellMed MGMCR $634.36
BCBS BluePremier $933.15
Cigna IFP $954.68
Cigna QHP $990.04
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,217.00
United OptionsPPO $1,329.48
Evry Health COMM $1,346.00
Unicare CHIP $1,555.78
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,752.82
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,752.82
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,935.67
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,935.67
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Curative Administrators COMM $2,012.00
BCBS EPOSOA $2,030.24
BCBS PPO $2,124.82
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,390.24
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Cigna LocalPlus $2,514.00
Cigna NewBusiness $2,515.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2,808.00
Cigna HMO $2,808.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,808.00
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,838.00
BCBS Traditional $3,139.84
City of McKinney COMM $3,182.27
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,535.86
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $3,535.86
Cigna AllOther $3,553.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna ASA $3,726.80
Cigna Lifesource COMM $3,748.01
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,889.45
Aetna WCOMP $3,889.45
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,889.45
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,889.45
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4,101.60
Humana COMM $4,116.00
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $4,165.24
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $4,165.24
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $4,950.20
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $4,950.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,020.92
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $5,091.64
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $5,303.79
USC Health Services COMM $5,657.38
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $5,657.38
USA Managed Care COMM $5,657.38
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,939.00
Galaxy Health Network PPO $6,010.96
Optum Transplant COMM $6,081.68
Independent Medical Systems COMM $7,071.72
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,071.72
Unicare MCD $7,071.72
United SmallGroup $7,850.00
United AllPayerAppendix $11,220.00
Oscar HIX $12,897.00

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Removal central venous catheter tunneled without port/pump at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,078.07 $223.75 – $2,597.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,141.45 $71.00 – $1,712.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,973.39 $71.00 – $2,466.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,078.07 $223.75 – $2,597.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,141.45 $85.00 – $1,712.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,141.45 $223.75 – $1,712.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,973.39 $71.00 – $2,960.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,078.07 $223.75 – $2,597.59

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