Thyroxine binding globulin (tbg) 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

$612.15

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.

$612.15

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.

$8.87 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $612.15 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 $8.87 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $8.87 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $12.42 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $12.42 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $12.42 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.42 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $12.42 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $12.42 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $12.42 ↓ -98%
United STAR $12.42 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $13.04 ↓ -98%
Healthspring Life MCD $13.04 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $13.41 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $13.41 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $13.66 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $13.66 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $13.66 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $13.66 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $14.71 ↓ -98%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $14.78 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health PPO $14.78 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $14.78 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health POS $14.78 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $14.78 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health SNP $14.78 ↓ -98%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $14.78 ↓ -98%
TriWest FEDERAL $14.78 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health HMO $14.78 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCR $14.78 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.78 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCR $14.78 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.78 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.78 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MME $14.78 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $14.85 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $14.91 ↓ -98%
Care N Care MGMCR $14.93 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $15.08 ↓ -98%
WellCare MGMCR $15.22 ↓ -98%
Integranet MGMCR $15.22 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $15.52 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantge MCR $15.52 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $15.52 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $15.52 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $15.52 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $15.52 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $15.52 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $15.52 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $15.53 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $15.67 ↓ -97%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $15.67 ↓ -97%
Humana Tricare $15.93 ↓ -97%
Molina MMP $16.11 ↓ -97%
Molina MME $16.11 ↓ -97%
Molina MCR $16.11 ↓ -97%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $16.26 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $16.42 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $17.74 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPHIX $18.80 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $19.21 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $22.17 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $22.17 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $22.17 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $22.17 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $22.17 ↓ -96%
BCBS BluePremier $25.27 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $25.86 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $25.86 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $25.90 ↓ -96%
Superior ValueHMO $26.46 ↓ -96%
Aetna Meritain $27.59 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $27.59 ↓ -95%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $28.08 ↓ -95%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $29.26 ↓ -95%
Aetna OON $32.46 ↓ -95%
Superior EPO $33.11 ↓ -95%
Superior HMO $33.11 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueEssentials $36.51 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $36.51 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $38.28 ↓ -94%
Oscar HIX $38.43 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare HIX $38.72 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $40.05 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $42.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $42.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $42.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $42.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $42.85 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $59.05 ↓ -90%
Cigna NewBusiness $59.10 ↓ -90%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $65.99 ↓ -89%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $65.99 ↓ -89%
Cigna HMO $65.99 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $82.64 ↓ -87%
Cigna AllOther $83.46 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $85.70 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $115.08 ↓ -81%
Unicare CHIP $134.67 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $149.98 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $157.93 ↓ -74%
Humana COMM $164.22 ↓ -73%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $206.91 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $271.79 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $275.47 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $275.47 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $306.07 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $306.07 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $322.60 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $324.44 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $336.68 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $336.68 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $336.68 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $336.68 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $355.05 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $360.56 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $360.56 ↓ -41%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $428.50 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $428.50 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $428.50 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $434.63 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $440.75 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $459.11 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $489.72 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $489.72 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $520.33 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $526.45 ↓ -14%
Unicare MCD $612.15 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $612.15 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $612.15 ↑ +0%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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