Vngrph chd vnvn cltrl below 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

$1,197.50

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.

$1,197.50

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.

$83.83 with Superior Health Plan vs $5,932.00 with Aetna — 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 STARPLUS $83.83 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $83.83 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $83.83 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $83.83 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $83.83 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $142.52 ↓ -88%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $142.52 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $161.66 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $167.65 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $219.14 ↓ -82%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $227.53 ↓ -81%
Superior EPO $239.50 ↓ -80%
Superior ValueHMO $239.50 ↓ -80%
Superior HMO $239.50 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $249.08 ↓ -79%
Unicare CHIP $263.45 ↓ -78%
Molina Healthcare HIX $299.38 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $308.95 ↓ -74%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $404.75 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueEssentials $424.44 ↓ -65%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $424.44 ↓ -65%
BCBS EPOSOA $445.25 ↓ -63%
BCBS PPO $466.05 ↓ -61%
Curative Administrators COMM $479.00 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $495.76 ↓ -59%
City of McKinney COMM $538.88 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $538.88 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $538.88 ↓ -55%
Emerging Therapy Solutions MGMCR $586.77 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $598.75 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $604.74 ↓ -49%
Cigna Lifesource COMM $634.67 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $658.63 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $658.63 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $658.63 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $658.63 ↓ -45%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $686.17 ↓ -43%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $686.17 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $694.55 ↓ -42%
Emerging Therapy Solutions Commercial $802.33 ↓ -33%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $838.25 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $838.25 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $850.23 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $898.13 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $898.13 ↓ -25%
TCU ATHLETICS COMM $958.00 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $958.00 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $958.00 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,017.88 ↓ -15%
Optum Transplant COMM $1,029.85 ↓ -14%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,197.50 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,197.50 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,197.50 ↑ +0%
Aetna NewBusiness $4,693.00 ↑ +292%
Aetna COMM $5,014.00 ↑ +319%
Aetna Meritain $5,014.00 ↑ +319%
Aetna OON $5,932.00 ↑ +395%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
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