X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest > 4 views bilateral 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

$491.70

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.

$819.50

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.

$52.79 with United Healthcare vs $884.54 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — 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 $52.79 ↓ -89%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $52.79 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $52.79 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $52.79 ↓ -89%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $55.43 ↓ -89%
Molina Managed Medicaid $57.01 ↓ -88%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $58.07 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $105.20 ↓ -79%
American Health Medicare Advantage $105.20 ↓ -79%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $107.30 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare Advantage $109.40 ↓ -78%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $110.45 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $110.45 ↓ -78%
Molina Medicare Advantage $110.45 ↓ -78%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $115.71 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $116.77 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $118.87 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $173.16 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $294.43 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $327.16 ↓ -33%
Aetna Whole Health $336.49 ↓ -32%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $360.01 ↓ -27%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $385.17 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $448.68 ↓ -9%
Cigna OAP/HMO $453.02 ↓ -8%
Quick Trip Commercial $491.70 ↑ +0%
United Healthcare All Payer $551.00 ↑ +12%
PHCS PPO $569.55 ↑ +16%
Cigna PPO $571.19 ↑ +16%
Aetna Coventry $574.47 ↑ +17%
Aetna ASA $574.47 ↑ +17%
Healthsmart Commercial $614.63 ↑ +25%
Multiplan Commercial $712.97 ↑ +45%
Galaxy Commercial $721.16 ↑ +47%
USA MCO $721.16 ↑ +47%
United Healthcare Options PPO $722.00 ↑ +47%
Cigna Indemnity $771.15 ↑ +57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $884.54 ↑ +80%

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X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest > 4 views bilateral at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $550.49 $52.79 – $688.12
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth Fort Worth $491.70 $52.79 – $58.07
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth Fort Worth $491.70 $52.79 – $58.07
MEDICAL CITY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER - ALLIANCE FORT WORTH not published $62.85 – $62.85
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $550.49 $52.79 – $688.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $524.27 $107.91 – $786.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $589.58 $52.79 – $736.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $550.49 $52.79 – $688.12

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