Sedimentation rate erythrocyte 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.

$1.62 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $464.87 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 $1.62
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $1.62
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $2.27
Amerigroup CHIP $2.27
United CHIP $2.27
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.27
United STARPerinate $2.27
United STARPLUS $2.27
United STARKids $2.27
United STAR $2.27
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $2.38
Healthspring Life MCD $2.38
Aetna Better Health CHIP $2.45
Aetna Better Health MCD $2.45
Molina MCDSTAR $2.50
Molina STARKIDS $2.50
Molina STAR+PLUS $2.50
Molina CHIP $2.50
WellMed MGMCR $2.69
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $2.70
Devoted Health PPO $2.70
Amerigroup DualEligible $2.70
Devoted Health POS $2.70
United SmallGroup $2.70
Devoted Health SNP $2.70
BCBS MGMCRHMO $2.70
TriWest FEDERAL $2.70
Devoted Health HMO $2.70
Humana MGMCR $2.70
United AllPayerAppendix $2.70
Devoted Health MCR $2.70
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2.70
BCBS MCRPPO $2.70
Devoted Health MME $2.70
United MGMCR $2.71
Aetna MCR $2.72
Care N Care MGMCR $2.73
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $2.75
WellCare MGMCR $2.78
Integranet MGMCR $2.78
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $2.84
ProCare Advantge MCR $2.84
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $2.84
Humana MGMCD $2.84
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $2.84
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $2.84
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $2.84
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $2.84
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $2.84
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $2.86
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $2.86
Humana Tricare $2.91
Molina MMP $2.94
Molina MME $2.94
Molina MCR $2.94
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $2.97
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $3.00
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $3.24
Aetna QHPHIX $3.43
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $3.51
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $4.05
Bravo Health MCRSNP $4.05
Bravo Health MCRPPO $4.05
Bravo Health MCRPOS $4.05
Bravo Health MCRHMO $4.05
BCBS BluePremier $4.62
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4.73
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $4.73
Aetna NewBusiness $4.73
Superior ValueHMO $4.83
Aetna Meritain $5.04
Aetna COMM $5.04
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $5.13
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $5.35
Aetna OON $5.93
Superior EPO $6.05
Superior HMO $6.05
BCBS BlueEssentials $6.67
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $6.67
BCBS EPOSOA $6.99
Oscar HIX $7.02
Molina Healthcare HIX $7.07
BCBS PPO $7.32
Cigna LocalPlus $10.76
Cigna NewBusiness $10.77
Cigna HMO $12.02
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $12.02
Cigna NetworkBenefit $12.02
Cigna AllOther $15.21
Humana COMM $29.96
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $32.54
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $32.54
Superior Health Plan CHIP $32.54
Superior Health Plan STARKids $32.54
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $32.54
Cigna IFP $62.76
Cigna QHP $65.08
United OptionsPPO $87.40
Unicare CHIP $102.27
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $113.89
Evry Health COMM $119.94
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $157.13
BCBS Traditional $206.40
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $209.19
City of McKinney COMM $209.19
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $232.44
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $232.44
Aetna ASA $244.99
Cigna Lifesource COMM $246.38
Aetna WCOMP $255.68
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $255.68
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $255.68
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $255.68
Averde Health, Inc PPO $269.62
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $273.81
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $273.81
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $325.41
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $325.41
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $325.41
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $330.06
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $334.71
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $348.65
USA Managed Care COMM $371.90
USC Health Services COMM $371.90
Galaxy Health Network PPO $395.14
Optum Transplant COMM $399.79
Unicare MCD $464.87
Independent Medical Systems COMM $464.87
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $464.87
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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