Smear special stain inclusion bodies/parasites 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.

$3.59 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $202.52 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
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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 $3.59
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $3.59
United CHIP $5.03
United STARKids $5.03
United STARPLUS $5.03
United STARPerinate $5.03
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $5.03
United STAR $5.03
Amerigroup CHIP $5.03
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.03
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $5.28
Healthspring Life MCD $5.28
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.43
Aetna Better Health CHIP $5.43
Molina STAR+PLUS $5.53
Molina MCDSTAR $5.53
Molina CHIP $5.53
Molina STARKIDS $5.53
WellMed MGMCR $5.96
TriWest FEDERAL $5.99
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $5.99
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.99
Humana MGMCR $5.99
Devoted Health PPO $5.99
BCBS MCRPPO $5.99
United AllPayerAppendix $5.99
BCBS MGMCRHMO $5.99
Devoted Health SNP $5.99
Devoted Health HMO $5.99
Devoted Health MME $5.99
United SmallGroup $5.99
Devoted Health POS $5.99
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.99
Devoted Health MCR $5.99
United MGMCR $6.02
Aetna MCR $6.04
Care N Care MGMCR $6.05
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $6.11
Integranet MGMCR $6.17
WellCare MGMCR $6.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $6.29
Humana MGMCD $6.29
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $6.29
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $6.29
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $6.29
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $6.29
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $6.29
ProCare Advantge MCR $6.29
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $6.29
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $6.35
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $6.35
Humana Tricare $6.45
Molina MMP $6.53
Molina MCR $6.53
Molina MME $6.53
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $6.59
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $6.65
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $7.19
Aetna QHPHIX $7.61
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $7.79
Bravo Health MCRSNP $8.98
Bravo Health MCRPOS $8.98
Bravo Health MCRHMO $8.98
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $8.98
Bravo Health MCRPPO $8.98
BCBS BluePremier $10.24
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $10.48
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10.48
Aetna NewBusiness $10.48
Superior ValueHMO $10.72
Aetna COMM $11.16
Aetna Meritain $11.16
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $11.38
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $11.86
Aetna OON $13.14
Superior EPO $13.42
Superior HMO $13.42
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $14.18
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $14.18
Superior Health Plan STARKids $14.18
Superior Health Plan CHIP $14.18
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $14.18
BCBS BlueEssentials $14.80
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $14.80
BCBS EPOSOA $15.51
Oscar HIX $15.57
Molina Healthcare HIX $15.69
BCBS PPO $16.23
Cigna LocalPlus $24.14
Cigna NewBusiness $24.17
Cigna NetworkBenefit $26.98
Cigna HMO $26.98
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $26.98
Cigna IFP $27.34
Cigna QHP $28.35
Cigna AllOther $34.13
United OptionsPPO $38.07
Unicare CHIP $44.55
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $49.62
Evry Health COMM $52.25
Humana COMM $66.59
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $68.45
BCBS Traditional $89.92
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $91.13
City of McKinney COMM $91.13
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $101.26
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $101.26
Aetna ASA $106.73
Cigna Lifesource COMM $107.34
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $111.39
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $111.39
Aetna WCOMP $111.39
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $111.39
Averde Health, Inc PPO $117.46
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $119.28
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $119.28
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $141.76
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $141.76
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $141.76
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $143.79
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $145.81
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $151.89
USC Health Services COMM $162.02
USA Managed Care COMM $162.02
Galaxy Health Network PPO $172.14
Optum Transplant COMM $174.17
Independent Medical Systems COMM $202.52
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $202.52
Unicare MCD $202.52
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital

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