Ventilator initial day 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

$5,000.08

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.

$5,000.08

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.

$350.01 with Superior Health Plan vs $5,000.08 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
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $350.01 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $350.01 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $350.01 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $350.01 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $350.01 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $675.01 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $700.01 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $915.01 ↓ -82%
Aetna NewBusiness $980.02 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $1,040.02 ↓ -79%
Aetna Meritain $1,045.02 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMM $1,045.02 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $1,100.02 ↓ -78%
Aetna OON $1,235.02 ↓ -75%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,277.46 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,277.46 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,690.03 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $2,070.03 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $2,250.04 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,250.04 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $2,250.04 ↓ -55%
BCBS BlueEssentials $2,262.26 ↓ -55%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $2,262.26 ↓ -55%
BCBS EPOSOA $2,373.75 ↓ -53%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $2,450.04 ↓ -51%
BCBS PPO $2,485.24 ↓ -50%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,500.04 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $2,525.04 ↓ -50%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $2,650.04 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,750.04 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,750.04 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $2,750.04 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,750.04 ↓ -45%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,865.05 ↓ -43%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,865.05 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,900.05 ↓ -42%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $3,350.05 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,500.06 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,500.06 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,550.06 ↓ -29%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $3,750.06 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,750.06 ↓ -25%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $4,000.06 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $4,000.06 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $4,000.06 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $4,250.07 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $4,300.07 ↓ -14%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $5,000.08 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,000.08 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $5,000.08 ↑ +0%

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