Bundled special stain group 2 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

$470.25

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.

$783.75

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.

$16.57 with Fort Worth Firefighters vs $206.78 with Cigna — 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
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $16.57 ↓ -96%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $28.48 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $28.48 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $28.48 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $28.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $29.91 ↓ -94%
Molina Managed Medicaid $30.77 ↓ -93%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $31.34 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Options PPO $33.43 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare All Payer $33.43 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $37.17 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $66.19 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $73.55 ↓ -84%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $83.51 ↓ -82%
Quick Trip Commercial $131.85 ↓ -72%
American Health Medicare Advantage $133.65 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $133.65 ↓ -72%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $136.33 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare Advantage $139.00 ↓ -70%
Molina Medicare Advantage $140.34 ↓ -70%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $140.34 ↓ -70%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $140.34 ↓ -70%
Aetna Whole Health $142.67 ↓ -70%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $147.02 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $148.36 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $151.03 ↓ -68%
PHCS PPO $152.73 ↓ -68%
Aetna ASA $154.04 ↓ -67%
Aetna Coventry $154.04 ↓ -67%
Cigna OAP/HMO $154.30 ↓ -67%
Cigna PPO $154.30 ↓ -67%
Healthsmart Commercial $164.81 ↓ -65%
Aetna Commercial $190.23 ↓ -60%
Multiplan Commercial $191.18 ↓ -59%
USA MCO $193.38 ↓ -59%
Galaxy Commercial $193.38 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $195.93 ↓ -58%
Cigna Indemnity $206.78 ↓ -56%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital
Parkland Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Bundled special stain group 2 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $306.90 $35.00 – $287.35
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