Urine Culture Test 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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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.

$4.84 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $455.64 with Independent Medical Systems — 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
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $4.84
Cook Childrens Health Plan CHIP $4.84
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.78
United STARKids $6.78
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $6.78
United CHIP $6.78
United STAR $6.78
United STARPerinate $6.78
United STARPLUS $6.78
Amerigroup CHIP $6.78
Healthspring Life MCD $7.12
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $7.12
Aetna Better Health CHIP $7.32
Aetna Better Health MCD $7.32
Molina MCDSTAR $7.46
Molina STARKIDS $7.46
Molina CHIP $7.46
Molina STAR+PLUS $7.46
WellMed MGMCR $8.03
Devoted Health HMO $8.07
United SmallGroup $8.07
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.07
Humana National Transplant PFFS $8.07
Humana National Transplant MCRPPO $8.07
Devoted Health PPO $8.07
Humana MGMCR $8.07
Humana National Transplant MCRHMO $8.07
TriWest FEDERAL $8.07
Optum Transplant MGMCR $8.07
BCBS MGMCRHMO $8.07
BCBS MCRPPO $8.07
Devoted Health SNP $8.07
United AllPayerAppendix $8.07
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $8.07
Devoted Health POS $8.07
Devoted Health MCR $8.07
Devoted Health MME $8.07
Amerigroup DualEligible $8.07
Aetna MCR $8.14
Care N Care MGMCR $8.15
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $8.23
United MGMCR $8.23
Integranet MGMCR $8.31
WellCare MGMCR $8.31
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $8.47
Humana MGMCD $8.47
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $8.47
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $8.47
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $8.47
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $8.47
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $8.47
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $8.47
ProCare Advantge MCR $8.47
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $8.55
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $8.55
Humana Tricare $8.69
Molina MME $8.80
Molina MMP $8.80
Molina MCR $8.80
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $8.88
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.96
Aetna NewBusiness $9.10
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $9.68
Aetna COMM $9.73
Aetna Meritain $9.73
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $10.49
Aetna OON $11.52
Bravo Health MCRPPO $12.11
Bravo Health MCRSNP $12.11
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $12.11
Bravo Health MCRPOS $12.11
Bravo Health MCRHMO $12.11
BCBS MyBlueHealth $14.12
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $14.12
Superior ValueHMO $14.45
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $15.33
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $15.98
Superior EPO $18.08
Superior HMO $18.08
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $19.93
BCBS BlueEssentials $19.93
BCBS EPOSOA $20.90
Oscar HIX $20.98
Molina Healthcare HIX $21.14
BCBS PPO $21.87
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $31.89
Superior Health Plan STARKids $31.89
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $31.89
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $31.89
Superior Health Plan CHIP $31.89
Cigna LocalPlus $32.23
Cigna NewBusiness $32.27
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $36.02
Cigna HMO $36.02
Cigna NetworkBenefit $36.02
Cigna AllOther $45.56
Cigna IFP $61.51
Cigna QHP $63.79
United OptionsPPO $83.38
Unicare CHIP $100.24
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $111.63
Evry Health COMM $117.56
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $154.01
BCBS Traditional $188.63
United GlobalBenefitPlan $205.04
City of McKinney COMM $205.04
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $205.04
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $223.26
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $227.82
Aetna ASA $230.10
Cigna Lifesource COMM $241.49
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $250.60
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $250.60
Aetna WCOMP $250.60
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $250.60
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $261.08
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $261.08
Averde Health, Inc PPO $264.27
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $305.28
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $318.95
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $318.95
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $323.50
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $341.73
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $341.73
USC Health Services COMM $364.51
USA Managed Care COMM $364.51
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $387.29
Optum Transplant COMM $391.85
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $455.64
Unicare MCD $455.64
Independent Medical Systems COMM $455.64

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