Reticulocyte direct measurement automated 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.

$3.34 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $61.91 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $3.34
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $3.34
United STARPerinate $4.68
United STARKids $4.68
United STARPLUS $4.68
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $4.68
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.68
Amerigroup CHIP $4.68
United CHIP $4.68
United STAR $4.68
Healthspring Life MCD $4.91
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $4.91
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.05
Aetna Better Health CHIP $5.05
Molina STAR+PLUS $5.15
Molina MCDSTAR $5.15
Molina CHIP $5.15
Molina STARKIDS $5.15
WellMed MGMCR $5.54
Devoted Health MCR $5.57
Devoted Health MME $5.57
United AllPayerAppendix $5.57
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.57
Devoted Health SNP $5.57
TriWest FEDERAL $5.57
United SmallGroup $5.57
BCBS MGMCRHMO $5.57
BCBS MCRPPO $5.57
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $5.57
Devoted Health PPO $5.57
Devoted Health HMO $5.57
Devoted Health POS $5.57
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.57
Humana MGMCR $5.57
United MGMCR $5.60
Aetna MCR $5.62
Care N Care MGMCR $5.63
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $5.68
WellCare MGMCR $5.74
Integranet MGMCR $5.74
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $5.85
Humana MGMCD $5.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $5.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $5.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $5.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $5.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $5.85
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $5.85
ProCare Advantge MCR $5.85
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $5.90
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $5.90
Humana Tricare $6.00
Molina MME $6.07
Molina MMP $6.07
Molina MCR $6.07
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $6.13
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $6.19
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $6.68
Aetna QHPHIX $7.08
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $7.24
Bravo Health MCRPOS $8.36
Bravo Health MCRSNP $8.36
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $8.36
Bravo Health MCRPPO $8.36
Bravo Health MCRHMO $8.36
BCBS BluePremier $9.52
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9.75
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $9.75
Aetna NewBusiness $9.75
Superior ValueHMO $9.97
Aetna Meritain $10.39
Aetna COMM $10.39
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $10.58
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $11.03
Aetna OON $12.22
Superior EPO $12.48
Superior HMO $12.48
BCBS BlueEssentials $13.76
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $13.76
BCBS EPOSOA $14.43
Oscar HIX $14.48
Molina Healthcare HIX $14.59
BCBS PPO $15.09
Cigna LocalPlus $21.48
Cigna NewBusiness $21.50
Cigna HMO $24.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $24.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $24.00
Cigna AllOther $30.35
Humana COMM $61.91
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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