Echo exam of fetal heart 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

$446.70

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$744.50

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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.

$70.16 with United Healthcare vs $700.57 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $70.16 ↓ -84%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $70.16 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $70.16 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $70.16 ↓ -84%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $73.67 ↓ -84%
Molina Managed Medicaid $75.77 ↓ -83%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $77.18 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $105.02 ↓ -76%
American Health Medicare Advantage $105.02 ↓ -76%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $107.12 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare Advantage $109.22 ↓ -76%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $110.27 ↓ -75%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $110.27 ↓ -75%
Molina Medicare Advantage $110.27 ↓ -75%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $115.52 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $116.57 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $118.67 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $173.16 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $294.43 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health $305.69 ↓ -32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $327.16 ↓ -27%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $349.92 ↓ -22%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $378.00 ↓ -15%
Aetna Commercial $407.61 ↓ -9%
Cigna OAP/HMO $411.56 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare All Payer $440.00 ↓ -1%
Quick Trip Commercial $446.70 ↑ +0%
PHCS PPO $517.43 ↑ +16%
Cigna PPO $518.92 ↑ +16%
Aetna Coventry $521.89 ↑ +17%
Aetna ASA $521.89 ↑ +17%
Healthsmart Commercial $558.38 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare Options PPO $578.00 ↑ +29%
Multiplan Commercial $647.72 ↑ +45%
Galaxy Commercial $655.16 ↑ +47%
USA MCO $655.16 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $682.71 ↑ +53%
Cigna Indemnity $700.57 ↑ +57%

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Echo exam of fetal heart at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $431.41 $70.16 – $539.26
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth not published $70.16 – $77.18
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth Fort Worth not published $70.16 – $77.18
MEDICAL CITY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER - ALLIANCE FORT WORTH not published $72.99 – $72.99
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $431.41 $70.16 – $539.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $429.87 $88.48 – $644.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $306.05 $70.16 – $382.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $431.41 $70.16 – $539.26

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