St analysis behavior qualitative voice/resonance 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.

$23.94 with Superior Health Plan vs $622.87 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $23.94
Superior Health Plan CHIP $23.94
Superior Health Plan STARKids $23.94
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $23.94
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $23.94
Cigna IFP $46.16
Cigna QHP $47.87
United OptionsPPO $64.29
Oscar HIX $71.13
Unicare CHIP $75.23
Humana Tricare $103.96
Aetna QHPHIX $106.00
BCBS MGMCRHMO $107.18
BCBS MCRPPO $107.18
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $107.18
WellMed MGMCR $108.83
Humana MGMCR $109.38
Devoted Health SNP $109.38
Devoted Health HMO $109.38
Devoted Health POS $109.38
Devoted Health MCR $109.38
Devoted Health MME $109.38
TriWest FEDERAL $109.38
Devoted Health PPO $109.38
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $109.38
Amerigroup DualEligible $109.38
United MGMCR $109.93
Aetna MCR $110.31
Care N Care MGMCR $110.47
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $111.57
WellCare MGMCR $112.66
Integranet MGMCR $112.66
ProCare Advantge MCR $114.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $114.85
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $114.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $114.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $114.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $114.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $114.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $114.85
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $115.58
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $115.94
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $115.94
Molina MMP $119.22
Molina MCR $119.22
Molina MME $119.22
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $120.32
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $131.26
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $142.19
Aetna NewBusiness $143.00
BCBS Traditional $151.83
City of McKinney COMM $153.88
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $153.88
Aetna COMM $155.00
Aetna Meritain $155.00
Bravo Health MCRPOS $164.07
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $164.07
Bravo Health MCRHMO $164.07
Bravo Health MCRPPO $164.07
Bravo Health MCRSNP $164.07
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $170.97
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $170.97
Aetna OON $179.00
Aetna ASA $180.21
Cigna Lifesource COMM $181.23
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $188.07
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $188.07
Aetna WCOMP $188.07
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $188.07
Superior ValueHMO $195.79
Averde Health, Inc PPO $198.33
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $201.41
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $201.41
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $207.82
BCBS BluePremier $213.49
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $216.57
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $239.37
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $239.37
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $239.37
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $242.78
Superior EPO $245.01
Superior HMO $245.01
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $246.20
BCBS MyBlueHealth $248.76
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $248.76
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $256.46
USC Health Services COMM $273.56
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $273.56
USA Managed Care COMM $273.56
Molina Healthcare HIX $286.58
Galaxy Health Network PPO $290.66
Optum Transplant COMM $294.08
Independent Medical Systems COMM $341.95
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $341.95
Unicare MCD $341.95
BCBS BlueEssentials $440.54
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $440.54
BCBS EPOSOA $462.25
BCBS PPO $483.96
Humana COMM $622.87

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