Vancomycin 1,000 mg intravenous injection 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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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.

$0.03 with Humana vs $30.73 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
Humana Tricare $0.03
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.03
United SmallGroup $0.05
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.05
United AllPayerAppendix $0.05
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.14
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.14
Cigna NewBusiness $0.18
Cigna LocalPlus $0.18
Cigna NetworkBenefit $0.20
Cigna HMO $0.20
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.20
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.20
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.20
BCBS EPOSOA $0.21
BCBS PPO $0.22
Cigna AllOther $0.26
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.15
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.15
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.15
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $2.15
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $2.15
Cigna IFP $4.15
Cigna QHP $4.30
United OptionsPPO $5.62
Superior EPO $6.15
Superior ValueHMO $6.15
Superior HMO $6.15
Unicare CHIP $6.76
Molina Healthcare HIX $7.68
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $10.39
BCBS Traditional $12.72
City of McKinney COMM $13.83
United GlobalBenefitPlan $13.83
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $15.06
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $15.37
Aetna ASA $15.52
Cigna Lifesource COMM $16.29
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $16.90
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $16.90
Aetna WCOMP $16.90
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $16.90
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $17.61
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $17.61
Averde Health, Inc PPO $17.82
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $20.59
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $21.51
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $21.51
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $21.82
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $23.05
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $23.05
USC Health Services COMM $24.58
USA Managed Care COMM $24.58
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $24.58
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $26.12
Optum Transplant COMM $26.43
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $30.73
Unicare MCD $30.73
Independent Medical Systems COMM $30.73

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