Test pathogen(s) for platelets reference 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

$358.69

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.

$358.69

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.

$25.11 with Superior Health Plan vs $358.69 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $25.11 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $25.11 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $25.11 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $25.11 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $25.11 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $33.84 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -91%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $33.84 ↓ -91%
Cigna IFP $48.42 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $50.22 ↓ -86%
BCBS BluePremier $60.70 ↓ -83%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $62.13 ↓ -83%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $62.13 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $67.43 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $74.61 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $78.91 ↓ -78%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $87.69 ↓ -76%
BCBS BlueEssentials $87.69 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $87.88 ↓ -75%
BCBS EPOSOA $91.94 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $92.54 ↓ -74%
BCBS PPO $96.20 ↓ -73%
Aetna QHPHIX $106.81 ↓ -70%
Humana COMM $111.16 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $121.24 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $143.48 ↓ -60%
Aetna NewBusiness $147.11 ↓ -59%
Cigna LocalPlus $155.79 ↓ -57%
Cigna NewBusiness $155.94 ↓ -57%
Aetna Meritain $156.68 ↓ -56%
Aetna COMM $156.68 ↓ -56%
BCBS Traditional $159.26 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $161.41 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $161.41 ↓ -55%
Cigna HMO $174.10 ↓ -51%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $174.10 ↓ -51%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $174.10 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $179.34 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $179.34 ↓ -50%
Aetna OON $184.39 ↓ -49%
Aetna ASA $189.03 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $190.11 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $197.28 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $197.28 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $197.28 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $197.28 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $208.04 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $211.27 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $211.27 ↓ -41%
Cigna AllOther $220.20 ↓ -39%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $251.08 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $251.08 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $251.08 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $254.67 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $258.26 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $269.02 ↓ -25%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $286.95 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $286.95 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $286.95 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $304.89 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $308.47 ↓ -14%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $358.69 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $358.69 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $358.69 ↑ +0%

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