Sodium chloride 0.9 % intravenous solution 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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Gross charge

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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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$2.40 with Humana vs $170.93 with Independent Medical Systems — 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
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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
Humana Tricare $2.40
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $2.47
United SmallGroup $3.28
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.28
United AllPayerAppendix $3.28
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $11.97
Superior Health Plan CHIP $11.97
Superior Health Plan STARKids $11.97
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $11.97
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $11.97
Cigna LocalPlus $13.80
Cigna NewBusiness $13.81
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $15.41
Cigna NetworkBenefit $15.41
Cigna HMO $15.41
Humana COMM $18.81
Cigna AllOther $19.50
Cigna IFP $23.08
Cigna QHP $23.93
Aetna QHPHIX $27.86
United OptionsPPO $32.13
Unicare CHIP $37.60
Aetna NewBusiness $40.68
Aetna Meritain $43.76
Aetna COMM $43.76
Aetna OON $51.28
BCBS MyBlueHealth $51.41
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $51.41
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $57.77
BCBS BlueEssentials $75.25
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $75.25
BCBS Traditional $75.89
City of McKinney COMM $76.92
BCBS EPOSOA $78.97
BCBS PPO $82.69
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $85.47
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $85.47
Aetna ASA $90.08
Cigna Lifesource COMM $90.59
BCBS BluePremier $92.68
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $94.01
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $94.01
Aetna WCOMP $94.01
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $94.01
Averde Health, Inc PPO $99.14
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $100.68
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $100.68
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $119.65
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $119.65
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $121.36
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $123.07
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $128.20
USA Managed Care COMM $136.74
USC Health Services COMM $136.74
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $136.74
Galaxy Health Network PPO $145.29
Optum Transplant COMM $147.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $170.93
Unicare MCD $170.93
Independent Medical Systems COMM $170.93

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $28.66 $57.37 – $57.37
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $45.90 $2.40 – $26.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $69.85 $2.40 – $45.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $63.36 $2.40 – $37.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $45.90 $2.40 – $26.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $69.85 $2.40 – $45.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $69.85 $2.40 – $45.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $63.36 $2.40 – $45.00

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