Ropivacaine 0.2 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit 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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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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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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$0.06 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $81.67 with Unicare — 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

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

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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.06
Humana Tricare $0.06
United AllPayerAppendix $0.08
United SmallGroup $0.08
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.08
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.10
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.10
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.15
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.15
BCBS EPOSOA $0.16
BCBS PPO $0.17
BCBS BluePremier $0.19
Cigna NewBusiness $0.36
Cigna LocalPlus $0.36
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.41
Cigna NetworkBenefit $0.41
Cigna HMO $0.41
Cigna AllOther $0.51
Humana COMM $0.72
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5.72
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5.72
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $5.72
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $5.72
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5.72
Cigna IFP $11.03
Cigna QHP $11.43
Aetna QHPHIX $13.31
United OptionsPPO $15.35
Unicare CHIP $17.97
Aetna NewBusiness $19.44
Aetna Meritain $20.91
Aetna COMM $20.91
Aetna OON $24.50
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $27.60
BCBS Traditional $36.26
City of McKinney COMM $36.75
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $40.84
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $40.84
Aetna ASA $43.04
Cigna Lifesource COMM $43.29
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $44.92
Aetna WCOMP $44.92
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $44.92
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $44.92
Averde Health, Inc PPO $47.37
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $48.10
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $48.10
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $57.17
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $57.17
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $57.99
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $58.80
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $61.25
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $65.34
USA Managed Care COMM $65.34
USC Health Services COMM $65.34
Galaxy Health Network PPO $69.42
Optum Transplant COMM $70.24
Independent Medical Systems COMM $81.67
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $81.67
Unicare MCD $81.67

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Ropivacaine 0.2 % epidural pca - 1 hour dose limit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,510.58 $0.12 – $0.12
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $912.24 $0.05 – $3.57
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $912.24 $0.05 – $3.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $912.24 $0.05 – $3.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $912.24 $0.05 – $3.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $912.24 $0.05 – $3.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $912.24 $0.05 – $3.78

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