Removal of wrist prosthesis 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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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.

$593.04 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $7,168.00 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $593.04
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $593.04
United CHIP $593.04
United STAR $593.04
United STARKids $593.04
United STARPLUS $593.04
United STARPerinate $593.04
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $593.04
Amerigroup CHIP $622.69
Healthspring Life MCD $622.69
Amerigroup MGMCD $622.69
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $622.69
Molina STARKIDS $652.34
Molina MCDSTAR $652.34
Molina CHIP $652.34
Molina STAR+PLUS $652.34
Aetna Better Health MCD $711.65
Aetna Better Health CHIP $711.65
Humana MGMCD $741.30
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,605.00
WellMed MGMCR $1,626.07
United SmallGroup $1,980.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
BCBS BluePremier $2,005.98
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Cigna LocalPlus $2,514.00
Cigna NewBusiness $2,515.00
Curative Administrators COMM $2,613.00
Cigna HMO $2,808.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2,808.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,808.00
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,838.00
United AllPayerAppendix $3,150.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Cigna AllOther $3,553.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $3,767.98
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,767.98
Humana COMM $4,116.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $4,161.05
BCBS BlueEssentials $4,161.05
Aetna OON $4,332.00
BCBS EPOSOA $4,364.36
BCBS PPO $4,567.66
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,475.00
Evry Health COMM $6,054.00
Oscar HIX $7,168.00

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Removal of wrist prosthesis at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $1,694.24 – $4,231.41
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $593.04 – $1,788.00
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $581.18 – $2,168.62
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $636.36 – $2,778.55
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $1,000.00 – $4,579.48
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $581.18 – $2,358.38
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $581.18 – $2,412.59
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $636.36 – $2,412.59

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