Tissue culture tumor 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

$582.98

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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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$582.98

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.

$40.81 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,638.77 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 MCDSTAR $40.81 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $40.81 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $40.81 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $40.81 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $40.81 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $78.70 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $81.62 ↓ -86%
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $88.51 ↓ -85%
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $88.51 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $109.60 ↓ -81%
United CHIP $123.92 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup CHIP $123.92 ↓ -79%
United STARPerinate $123.92 ↓ -79%
United STARPLUS $123.92 ↓ -79%
United STARKids $123.92 ↓ -79%
United STAR $123.92 ↓ -79%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $123.92 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup MGMCD $123.92 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $128.26 ↓ -78%
Healthspring Life MCD $130.12 ↓ -78%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $130.12 ↓ -78%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $133.83 ↓ -77%
Aetna Better Health MCD $133.83 ↓ -77%
Molina STAR+PLUS $136.31 ↓ -77%
Molina CHIP $136.31 ↓ -77%
Molina MCDSTAR $136.31 ↓ -77%
Molina STARKIDS $136.31 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $142.83 ↓ -76%
WellMed MGMCR $146.78 ↓ -75%
BCBS MCRPPO $147.52 ↓ -75%
Devoted Health PPO $147.52 ↓ -75%
Devoted Health SNP $147.52 ↓ -75%
United AllPayerAppendix $147.52 ↓ -75%
TriWest FEDERAL $147.52 ↓ -75%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $147.52 ↓ -75%
Humana MGMCR $147.52 ↓ -75%
United SmallGroup $147.52 ↓ -75%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $147.52 ↓ -75%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $147.52 ↓ -75%
Devoted Health MME $147.52 ↓ -75%
Devoted Health MCR $147.52 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup DualEligible $147.52 ↓ -75%
Devoted Health POS $147.52 ↓ -75%
Devoted Health HMO $147.52 ↓ -75%
United MGMCR $148.26 ↓ -75%
Aetna MCR $148.77 ↓ -74%
Care N Care MGMCR $149.00 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $150.41 ↓ -74%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $150.47 ↓ -74%
WellCare MGMCR $151.95 ↓ -74%
Integranet MGMCR $151.95 ↓ -74%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $154.90 ↓ -73%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $154.90 ↓ -73%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $154.90 ↓ -73%
ProCare Advantge MCR $154.90 ↓ -73%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $154.90 ↓ -73%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $154.90 ↓ -73%
Humana MGMCD $154.90 ↓ -73%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $154.90 ↓ -73%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $154.90 ↓ -73%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $156.37 ↓ -73%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $156.37 ↓ -73%
Humana Tricare $158.96 ↓ -73%
Molina MMP $160.80 ↓ -72%
Molina MCR $160.80 ↓ -72%
Molina MME $160.80 ↓ -72%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $162.27 ↓ -72%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $163.88 ↓ -72%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $177.02 ↓ -70%
Aetna QHPHIX $187.64 ↓ -68%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $191.78 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $197.05 ↓ -66%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $221.28 ↓ -62%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $221.28 ↓ -62%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $221.28 ↓ -62%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $221.28 ↓ -62%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $221.28 ↓ -62%
BCBS BluePremier $252.26 ↓ -57%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $258.16 ↓ -56%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $258.16 ↓ -56%
Aetna NewBusiness $258.45 ↓ -56%
BCBS Traditional $258.84 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $262.34 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $262.34 ↓ -55%
Superior ValueHMO $264.06 ↓ -55%
Aetna Meritain $275.27 ↓ -53%
Aetna COMM $275.27 ↓ -53%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $280.29 ↓ -52%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $291.49 ↓ -50%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $291.49 ↓ -50%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $292.09 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $307.23 ↓ -47%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $308.98 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $320.64 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $320.64 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $320.64 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $320.64 ↓ -45%
Aetna OON $323.95 ↓ -44%
Superior EPO $330.44 ↓ -43%
Superior HMO $330.44 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $338.13 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $343.38 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $343.38 ↓ -41%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $364.37 ↓ -37%
BCBS BlueEssentials $364.37 ↓ -37%
BCBS EPOSOA $382.08 ↓ -34%
Oscar HIX $383.55 ↓ -34%
Molina Healthcare HIX $386.50 ↓ -34%
BCBS PPO $399.78 ↓ -31%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $408.09 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $408.09 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $408.09 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $413.92 ↓ -29%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $419.75 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $437.24 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $466.38 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $466.38 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $495.53 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $501.36 ↓ -14%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $582.98 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $582.98 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $582.98 ↑ +0%
Cigna LocalPlus $583.97 ↑ +0%
Cigna NewBusiness $584.53 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO $652.59 ↑ +12%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $652.59 ↑ +12%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $652.59 ↑ +12%
Cigna AllOther $825.40 ↑ +42%
Humana COMM $1,638.77 ↑ +181%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM not published by hospital
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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