Tlso 2 shl symphys-stern cst 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.

$246.75 with Superior Health Plan vs $7,006.98 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 STARKids $246.75
Superior Health Plan CHIP $246.75
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $246.75
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $246.75
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $246.75
Cigna IFP $475.88
Cigna QHP $493.50
United OptionsPPO $662.70
Unicare CHIP $775.50
BCBS MyBlueHealth $870.67
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $870.67
Cigna NewBusiness $930.60
Cigna LocalPlus $930.60
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,039.88
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,039.88
Cigna HMO $1,039.88
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,124.47
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,124.47
BCBS EPOSOA $1,180.88
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,191.45
Humana Tricare $1,203.06
BCBS MCRPPO $1,215.95
BCBS MGMCRHMO $1,215.95
BCBS PPO $1,233.75
WellMed MGMCR $1,234.07
Devoted Health MME $1,240.27
TriWest FEDERAL $1,240.27
Humana MGMCR $1,240.27
Devoted Health PPO $1,240.27
Devoted Health SNP $1,240.27
Devoted Health HMO $1,240.27
Devoted Health POS $1,240.27
Devoted Health MCR $1,240.27
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1,240.27
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $1,240.27
Amerigroup DualEligible $1,240.27
United MGMCR $1,246.47
Aetna MCR $1,250.81
Care N Care MGMCR $1,252.67
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $1,265.08
Integranet MGMCR $1,277.48
WellCare MGMCR $1,277.48
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $1,302.28
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $1,302.28
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $1,302.28
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $1,302.28
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $1,302.28
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $1,302.28
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $1,302.28
ProCare Advantge MCR $1,302.28
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $1,314.69
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $1,314.69
Cigna AllOther $1,314.83
Molina MME $1,351.89
Molina MCR $1,351.89
Molina MMP $1,351.89
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $1,364.30
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $1,488.32
BCBS Traditional $1,565.10
City of McKinney COMM $1,586.25
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $1,612.35
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,762.50
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,762.50
Aetna ASA $1,857.67
Bravo Health MCRSNP $1,860.40
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $1,860.40
Bravo Health MCRPPO $1,860.40
Bravo Health MCRPOS $1,860.40
Bravo Health MCRHMO $1,860.40
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,868.25
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,938.75
Aetna WCOMP $1,938.75
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,938.75
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,938.75
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,044.50
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,076.22
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,076.22
Superior ValueHMO $2,220.08
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $2,356.51
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,455.73
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,467.50
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,502.75
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $2,538.00
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,643.75
Superior EPO $2,778.20
Superior HMO $2,778.20
USA Managed Care COMM $2,820.00
USC Health Services COMM $2,820.00
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $2,820.00
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,996.25
Optum Transplant COMM $3,031.50
Molina Healthcare HIX $3,249.51
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,525.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,525.00
Unicare MCD $3,525.00
Humana COMM $7,006.98

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