Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation at MEDICAL CITY FORT WORTH HOSPITAL

900 EIGHTH AVENUE, FT WORTH, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1659323772

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 2026

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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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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.

$34.57 with BCBS vs $2,097.04 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.

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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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $34.57
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $34.57
Aetna NewBusiness $63.18
Aetna Meritain $67.49
Aetna COMM $67.49
Aetna OON $79.88
BCBS BlueEssentials $102.94
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $102.94
BCBS EPOSOA $107.98
BCBS PPO $113.03
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $146.79
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $146.79
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $146.79
Superior Health Plan STARKids $146.79
Superior Health Plan CHIP $146.79
Cigna IFP $283.10
Cigna QHP $293.59
United OptionsPPO $383.76
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $398.44
Superior ValueHMO $419.41
Superior EPO $419.41
Superior HMO $419.41
Unicare CHIP $461.35
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $513.77
Molina Healthcare HIX $524.26
Evry Health COMM $541.04
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $708.80
Curative Administrators COMM $838.82
BCBS Traditional $868.17
City of McKinney COMM $943.67
United GlobalBenefitPlan $943.67
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $943.67
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $1,027.55
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,048.52
Aetna ASA $1,059.01
Cigna Lifesource COMM $1,111.43
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,153.37
Aetna WCOMP $1,153.37
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,153.37
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,153.37
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,201.60
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,201.60
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,216.28
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $1,405.02
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,467.93
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,467.93
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,488.90
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,572.78
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,572.78
USA Managed Care COMM $1,677.63
USC Health Services COMM $1,677.63
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,782.48
Optum Transplant COMM $1,803.45
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,097.04
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,097.04
Unicare MCD $2,097.04

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