Sex chromatin identification 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

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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.

$17.98 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $29.52 with Fort Worth Firefighters — 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $17.98
American Health Medicare Advantage $17.98
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $18.34
Humana Medicare Advantage $18.70
Molina Medicare Advantage $18.88
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $18.88
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $18.88
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $19.78
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $19.96
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $20.32
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $29.52

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Sex chromatin identification at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth Fort Worth not published $29.52 – $29.52
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth Fort Worth not published $29.52 – $29.52
MEDICAL CITY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER - ALLIANCE FORT WORTH not published $17.98 – $47.11
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $309.11 $17.62 – $73.87
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $42.00 $16.18 – $216.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $42.00 $16.18 – $204.00
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $42.00 $16.18 – $204.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $430.00 $17.62 – $73.87

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