Western blot 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.

$10.22 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $94.89 with Cigna — 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 CHIP $10.22
Cook Childrens Health Plan STAR $10.22
United STAR $14.31
United CHIP $14.31
United STARPLUS $14.31
United STARPerinate $14.31
Amerigroup CHIP $14.31
Amerigroup MGMCD $14.31
United STARKids $14.31
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $14.31
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $15.03
Healthspring Life MCD $15.03
Aetna Better Health CHIP $15.45
Aetna Better Health MCD $15.45
Molina STAR+PLUS $15.74
Molina STARKIDS $15.74
Molina MCDSTAR $15.74
Molina CHIP $15.74
WellMed MGMCR $16.94
Devoted Health PPO $17.03
Devoted Health SNP $17.03
Devoted Health HMO $17.03
Devoted Health POS $17.03
Devoted Health MCR $17.03
Devoted Health MME $17.03
Humana MGMCR $17.03
TriWest FEDERAL $17.03
United AllPayerAppendix $17.03
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $17.03
United SmallGroup $17.03
Amerigroup DualEligible $17.03
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $17.03
BCBS MCRPPO $17.03
BCBS MGMCRHMO $17.03
Optum Transplant MGMCR $17.03
Humana National Transplant MCRHMO $17.03
Humana National Transplant MCRPPO $17.03
Humana National Transplant PFFS $17.03
Aetna MCR $17.17
Care N Care MGMCR $17.20
United MGMCR $17.37
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $17.37
Integranet MGMCR $17.54
WellCare MGMCR $17.54
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $17.88
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $17.88
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $17.88
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $17.88
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $17.88
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $17.88
ProCare Advantge MCR $17.88
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $17.88
Humana MGMCD $17.89
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $18.05
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $18.05
Humana Tricare $18.35
Molina MMP $18.56
Molina MME $18.56
Molina MCR $18.56
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $18.73
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $18.92
Aetna NewBusiness $19.21
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $20.44
Aetna COMM $20.54
Aetna Meritain $20.54
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $22.14
Aetna OON $24.32
Bravo Health MCRPOS $25.55
Bravo Health MCRPPO $25.55
Bravo Health MCRSNP $25.55
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $25.55
Bravo Health MCRHMO $25.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $29.80
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.80
Superior ValueHMO $30.48
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $32.36
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $33.72
Superior EPO $38.15
Superior HMO $38.15
BCBS BlueEssentials $42.06
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $42.06
BCBS EPOSOA $44.11
Oscar HIX $44.28
Molina Healthcare HIX $44.62
BCBS PPO $46.15
Cigna LocalPlus $67.14
Cigna NewBusiness $67.20
Cigna NetworkBenefit $75.03
Cigna HMO $75.03
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $75.03
Cigna AllOther $94.89

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