Biopsy of salivary gland 42400 at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth

1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, Fort Worth, TX · Texashealth · · NPI 1336172105

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

$888.75

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.

$1,481.25

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.

$57.58 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.

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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
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $57.58 ↓ -94%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $57.58 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $57.58 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $57.58 ↓ -94%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $60.46 ↓ -93%
Molina Managed Medicaid $62.19 ↓ -93%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $63.34 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $94.36 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $176.41 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $196.01 ↓ -78%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $555.47 ↓ -37%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $562.88 ↓ -37%
Aetna Whole Health $572.06 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $627.28 ↓ -29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $711.36 ↓ -20%
American Health Medicare Advantage $711.36 ↓ -20%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $725.59 ↓ -18%
Humana Medicare Advantage $739.81 ↓ -17%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $746.93 ↓ -16%
Molina Medicare Advantage $746.93 ↓ -16%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $746.93 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial $762.84 ↓ -14%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $782.50 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $789.61 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $803.84 ↓ -10%
Cigna OAP/HMO $818.84 ↓ -8%
Quick Trip Commercial $888.75 ↑ +0%
PHCS PPO $1,029.47 ↑ +16%
Cigna PPO $1,032.43 ↑ +16%
Aetna Coventry $1,038.36 ↑ +17%
Aetna ASA $1,038.36 ↑ +17%
Healthsmart Commercial $1,110.94 ↑ +25%
Multiplan Commercial $1,288.69 ↑ +45%
Galaxy Commercial $1,303.50 ↑ +47%
USA MCO $1,303.50 ↑ +47%
Cigna Indemnity $1,393.86 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare All Payer $2,380.00 ↑ +168%
United Healthcare Options PPO $3,076.00 ↑ +246%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital
Parkland Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Biopsy of salivary gland 42400 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,145.90 $57.58 – $1,742.94
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth Fort Worth $888.75 $57.58 – $63.34
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth not published $57.58 – $63.34
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,145.90 $57.58 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $997.05 $61.61 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,387.07 $57.58 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,145.90 $57.58 – $1,742.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $997.05 $61.61 – $1,742.94

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