Car seat/bed test additional 30 minutes 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

$30.90

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.

$51.50

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.

$6.67 with United Healthcare vs $1,042.00 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 $6.67 ↓ -78%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $6.67 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $6.67 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $6.67 ↓ -78%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $7.01 ↓ -77%
Molina Managed Medicaid $7.21 ↓ -77%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $7.34 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $11.75 ↓ -62%
Aetna Whole Health $21.15 ↓ -32%
American Health Medicare Advantage $21.83 ↓ -29%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $21.83 ↓ -29%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $22.26 ↓ -28%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $22.62 ↓ -27%
Humana Medicare Advantage $22.70 ↓ -27%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $22.92 ↓ -26%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $22.92 ↓ -26%
Molina Medicare Advantage $22.92 ↓ -26%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $24.01 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $24.12 ↓ -22%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $24.21 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $24.23 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $24.67 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $26.81 ↓ -13%
Aetna Commercial $28.20 ↓ -9%
Cigna OAP/HMO $28.47 ↓ -8%
Quick Trip Commercial $30.90 ↑ +0%
PHCS PPO $35.79 ↑ +16%
Cigna PPO $35.90 ↑ +16%
Aetna ASA $36.10 ↑ +17%
Aetna Coventry $36.10 ↑ +17%
Healthsmart Commercial $38.63 ↑ +25%
Multiplan Commercial $44.81 ↑ +45%
USA MCO $45.32 ↑ +47%
Galaxy Commercial $45.32 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $47.23 ↑ +53%
Cigna Indemnity $48.46 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare All Payer $782.00 ↑ +2431%
United Healthcare Options PPO $1,042.00 ↑ +3272%

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Car seat/bed test additional 30 minutes at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $170.72 $26.56 – $241.86
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $30.90 $11.75 – $11.75
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth Fort Worth $30.90 $11.75 – $11.75
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $170.72 $26.56 – $241.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $185.68 $26.12 – $278.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $172.69 $26.12 – $215.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $170.72 $20.24 – $241.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $185.68 $31.92 – $278.52

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