Insert cath pleura with image at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance

10864 Texas Health Trail, Fort Worth, TX · Texashealth · · NPI 1215296884

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 21, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$2,414.10

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.

$4,023.50

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.

$446.27 with United Healthcare vs $3,786.11 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
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $446.27 ↓ -82%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $446.27 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $446.27 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $446.27 ↓ -82%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $468.58 ↓ -81%
Molina Managed Medicaid $481.97 ↓ -80%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $490.90 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $1,166.82 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $1,583.93 ↓ -34%
American Health Medicare Advantage $1,583.93 ↓ -34%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $1,615.61 ↓ -33%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,647.29 ↓ -32%
Aetna Whole Health $1,652.05 ↓ -32%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $1,663.13 ↓ -31%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $1,663.13 ↓ -31%
Molina Medicare Advantage $1,663.13 ↓ -31%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $1,742.33 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $1,758.17 ↓ -27%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $1,767.52 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $1,789.84 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $1,858.86 ↓ -23%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $1,891.05 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $2,068.08 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare All Payer $2,080.95 ↓ -14%
Aetna Commercial $2,202.87 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Options PPO $2,204.88 ↓ -9%
Cigna OAP/HMO $2,224.19 ↓ -8%
Quick Trip Commercial $2,414.10 ↑ +0%
PHCS PPO $2,796.33 ↑ +16%
Cigna PPO $2,804.38 ↑ +16%
Aetna Coventry $2,820.47 ↑ +17%
Aetna ASA $2,820.47 ↑ +17%
Healthsmart Commercial $3,017.63 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $3,319.39 ↑ +38%
Multiplan Commercial $3,500.45 ↑ +45%
USA MCO $3,540.68 ↑ +47%
Galaxy Commercial $3,540.68 ↑ +47%
Cigna Indemnity $3,786.11 ↑ +57%

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Insert cath pleura with image at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,239.02 $446.27 – $3,967.42
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth Fort Worth $2,414.10 $446.27 – $490.90
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth Fort Worth $2,414.10 $446.27 – $490.90
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,239.02 $446.27 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,952.51 $71.00 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,579.11 $71.00 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,239.02 $446.27 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,952.51 $85.00 – $3,967.42

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