Electron microscopy diagnostic 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

$1,102.50

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.

$1,837.50

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.

$125.55 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $1,731.20 with Aetna — 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $125.55 ↓ -89%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $125.55 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $125.55 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $125.55 ↓ -89%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $131.85 ↓ -88%
Molina Managed Medicaid $135.63 ↓ -88%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $138.14 ↓ -87%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $249.66 ↓ -77%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $368.13 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $369.09 ↓ -67%
Quick Trip Commercial $581.25 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare All Payer $628.20 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Options PPO $628.20 ↓ -43%
PHCS PPO $673.28 ↓ -39%
Aetna ASA $679.09 ↓ -38%
Aetna Coventry $679.09 ↓ -38%
Healthsmart Commercial $726.56 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $728.50 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $808.91 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $809.35 ↓ -27%
American Health Medicare Advantage $809.35 ↓ -27%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $825.54 ↓ -25%
Humana Medicare Advantage $841.72 ↓ -24%
Multiplan Commercial $842.81 ↓ -24%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $849.82 ↓ -23%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $849.82 ↓ -23%
Molina Medicare Advantage $849.82 ↓ -23%
USA MCO $852.50 ↓ -23%
Galaxy Commercial $852.50 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $888.34 ↓ -19%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $890.29 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $898.38 ↓ -19%
Cigna Indemnity $911.59 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $914.57 ↓ -17%
Aetna Whole Health $1,298.40 ↑ +18%
Cigna PPO $1,346.44 ↑ +22%
Cigna OAP/HMO $1,346.44 ↑ +22%
Aetna Commercial $1,731.20 ↑ +57%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital
Parkland Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Electron microscopy diagnostic at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,817.00 $35.00 – $2,130.15
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $729.15 $249.66 – $1,346.44
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth Fort Worth $1,102.50 $249.66 – $1,346.44
MEDICAL CITY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER - ALLIANCE FORT WORTH not published $501.89 – $501.89
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,817.00 $35.00 – $2,130.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,817.00 $36.00 – $2,130.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,817.00 $36.00 – $2,130.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,817.00 $35.00 – $2,130.15

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