Treatment of retinal lesion 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.

$118.39 with Humana vs $4,332.00 with Aetna — 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
Humana COMM $118.39
United STARPerinate $208.33
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $208.33
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $208.33
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $208.33
United CHIP $208.33
United STAR $208.33
United STARKids $208.33
United STARPLUS $208.33
Amerigroup CHIP $218.75
Healthspring Life MCD $218.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $218.75
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $218.75
Molina STAR+PLUS $229.16
Molina MCDSTAR $229.16
Molina CHIP $229.16
Molina STARKIDS $229.16
Aetna Better Health CHIP $250.00
Aetna Better Health MCD $250.00
Humana MGMCD $260.41
BCBS BluePremier $379.09
WellMed MGMCR $556.18
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,109.09
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,109.09
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,207.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,217.00
Evry Health COMM $1,346.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,426.70
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,426.70
BCBS EPOSOA $1,498.42
BCBS PPO $1,567.58
United SmallGroup $1,603.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Curative Administrators COMM $2,012.00
United AllPayerAppendix $2,300.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $2,369.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Cigna LocalPlus $2,514.00
Cigna NewBusiness $2,515.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2,808.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,808.00
Cigna HMO $2,808.00
Oscar HIX $3,293.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Cigna AllOther $3,553.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00

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Treatment of retinal lesion at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,575.91 $71.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,522.19 $71.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,575.91 $85.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,575.91 $208.33 – $2,363.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,522.19 $71.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $1,575.91 $71.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $1,575.91 $71.00 – $2,975.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $1,522.19 $71.00 – $2,975.00

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