X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 1 view 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

$264.00

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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.

$440.00

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.

$42.78 with United Healthcare vs $722.00 with United Healthcare Options — 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 $42.78 ↓ -84%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $42.78 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $42.78 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $42.78 ↓ -84%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $44.92 ↓ -83%
Molina Managed Medicaid $46.20 ↓ -83%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $47.06 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $87.57 ↓ -67%
American Health Medicare Advantage $87.57 ↓ -67%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $89.32 ↓ -66%
Humana Medicare Advantage $91.07 ↓ -66%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $91.94 ↓ -65%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $91.94 ↓ -65%
Molina Medicare Advantage $91.94 ↓ -65%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $96.32 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $97.20 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $98.95 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $123.31 ↓ -53%
Aetna Whole Health $180.66 ↓ -32%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $193.29 ↓ -27%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $206.80 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $209.66 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $232.97 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial $240.90 ↓ -9%
Cigna OAP/HMO $243.23 ↓ -8%
Quick Trip Commercial $264.00 ↑ +0%
PHCS PPO $305.80 ↑ +16%
Cigna PPO $306.68 ↑ +16%
Aetna Coventry $308.44 ↑ +17%
Aetna ASA $308.44 ↑ +17%
Healthsmart Commercial $330.00 ↑ +25%
Multiplan Commercial $382.80 ↑ +45%
USA MCO $387.20 ↑ +47%
Galaxy Commercial $387.20 ↑ +47%
Cigna Indemnity $414.04 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare All Payer $551.00 ↑ +109%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $629.86 ↑ +139%
United Healthcare Options PPO $722.00 ↑ +173%

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X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 1 view at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $187.70 $42.78 – $234.62
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth Fort Worth $264.00 $42.78 – $47.06
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth Fort Worth $264.00 $42.78 – $47.06
MEDICAL CITY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER - ALLIANCE FORT WORTH not published $50.46 – $50.46
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $187.70 $42.78 – $234.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $162.11 $33.37 – $243.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $317.59 $42.78 – $396.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $187.70 $42.78 – $234.62

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