Chest X-ray (single view) 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

$383.10

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.

$638.50

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.

$25.73 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 $25.73 ↓ -93%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $25.73 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $25.73 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $25.73 ↓ -93%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $27.02 ↓ -93%
Molina Managed Medicaid $27.79 ↓ -93%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $28.30 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $87.42 ↓ -77%
American Health Medicare Advantage $87.42 ↓ -77%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $89.17 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Advantage $90.92 ↓ -76%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $91.79 ↓ -76%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $91.79 ↓ -76%
Molina Medicare Advantage $91.79 ↓ -76%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $96.16 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $97.04 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $98.79 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $123.31 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $209.66 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $232.97 ↓ -39%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $239.44 ↓ -37%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $242.63 ↓ -37%
Aetna Whole Health $262.17 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial $349.58 ↓ -9%
Cigna OAP/HMO $352.96 ↓ -8%
Quick Trip Commercial $383.10 ↑ +0%
PHCS PPO $443.76 ↑ +16%
Cigna PPO $445.03 ↑ +16%
Aetna Coventry $447.59 ↑ +17%
Aetna ASA $447.59 ↑ +17%
Healthsmart Commercial $478.88 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare All Payer $551.00 ↑ +44%
Multiplan Commercial $555.50 ↑ +45%
Galaxy Commercial $561.88 ↑ +47%
USA MCO $561.88 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $585.50 ↑ +53%
Cigna Indemnity $600.83 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare Options PPO $722.00 ↑ +88%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital
Parkland Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Chest X-ray (single view) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $220.04 $25.73 – $275.06
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $383.10 $25.73 – $28.30
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth Fort Worth $383.10 $25.73 – $28.30
MEDICAL CITY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER - ALLIANCE FORT WORTH $321.81 $28.47 – $28.47
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $687.73 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $220.04 $25.73 – $275.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $327.08 $67.32 – $490.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $349.81 $25.73 – $437.26

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