Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL
900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772
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Cash price 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 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.
$27.15 with BCBS vs $2,262.02 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $27.15 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $27.15 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $59.66 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $63.73 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $63.73 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $75.43 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $80.87 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $80.87 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $84.83 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $88.79 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $158.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $158.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $158.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $158.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $158.34 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $305.37 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $316.68 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $413.95 | — |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $429.78 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $452.40 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $452.40 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $452.40 | — |
| Unicare | CHIP | $497.64 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $554.19 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $565.50 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $583.60 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $764.56 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $904.81 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $936.48 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,017.91 | — |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $1,017.91 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,017.91 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $1,108.39 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,131.01 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,142.32 | — |
| Cigna Lifesource | COMM | $1,198.87 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,244.11 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,244.11 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,244.11 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,244.11 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $1,296.14 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $1,296.14 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,311.97 | — |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | Commercial | $1,515.55 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $1,583.41 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $1,583.41 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,606.03 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $1,696.52 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $1,696.52 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $1,809.62 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $1,809.62 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $1,922.72 | — |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $1,945.34 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $2,262.02 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,262.02 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $2,262.02 | — |
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Ultrasound guidance for vascular access at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,631.77 | $76.31 – $76.31 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $631.95 | $39.64 – $895.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $621.95 | $66.60 – $932.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $605.63 | $66.60 – $757.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $631.95 | $45.39 – $895.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $621.95 | $81.06 – $932.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $621.95 | $321.34 – $932.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $605.63 | $66.60 – $908.45 |