Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, Fort Worth, TX · Texashealth · · NPI 1336172105
$1,045.65
Cash price 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.
$1,742.75
Gross charge 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.
$42.36 with Amerigroup vs $3,076.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $42.36 | ↓ -96% |
| Cook Childrens | Managed Medicaid | $42.36 | ↓ -96% |
| United Healthcare | Managed Medicaid | $42.36 | ↓ -96% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Managed Medicaid | $42.36 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Wellcare | Managed Medicaid | $44.48 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | $45.75 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | Managed Medicaid | $46.60 | ↓ -96% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Exchange | $58.53 | ↓ -94% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $109.42 | ↓ -90% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $121.57 | ↓ -88% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Traditional | $389.06 | ↓ -63% |
| Fort Worth Firefighters | Commercial | $653.53 | ↓ -38% |
| City of Fort Worth | Commercial | $662.25 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna | Whole Health | $673.05 | ↓ -36% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $709.10 | ↓ -32% |
| American Health | Medicare Advantage | $709.10 | ↓ -32% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare Advantage | $723.28 | ↓ -31% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $737.46 | ↓ -29% |
| Superior Wellcare | Medicare Advantage HMO | $744.55 | ↓ -29% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $744.55 | ↓ -29% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Advantage | $744.55 | ↓ -29% |
| Superior Wellcare | Medicare Advantage MMP | $780.01 | ↓ -25% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage PPO | $787.10 | ↓ -25% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage HMO | $801.28 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $897.52 | ↓ -14% |
| Cigna | OAP/HMO | $963.39 | ↓ -8% |
| Quick Trip | Commercial | $1,045.65 | ↑ +0% |
| PHCS | PPO | $1,211.21 | ↑ +16% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,214.70 | ↑ +16% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,221.67 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | Coventry | $1,221.67 | ↑ +17% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial | $1,307.06 | ↑ +25% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $1,516.19 | ↑ +45% |
| USA | MCO | $1,533.62 | ↑ +47% |
| Galaxy | Commercial | $1,533.62 | ↑ +47% |
| Cigna | Indemnity | $1,639.93 | ↑ +57% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $2,380.00 | ↑ +128% |
| United Healthcare Options | PPO | $3,076.00 | ↑ +194% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Advantage HMO | not published by hospital | — |
| Parkland | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,107.19 | $42.36 – $1,713.14 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance | Fort Worth | $1,045.65 | $42.36 – $46.60 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth | Fort Worth | $1,045.65 | $42.36 – $46.60 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,107.19 | $42.36 – $1,713.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,088.05 | $45.33 – $1,713.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,008.92 | $42.36 – $1,713.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,107.19 | $42.36 – $1,713.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,088.05 | $45.33 – $1,713.14 |