Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid 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

$477.90

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.

$796.50

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.

$43.06 with Amerigroup vs $401.00 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
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $43.06 ↓ -91%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $43.06 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $43.06 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $43.06 ↓ -91%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $45.22 ↓ -91%
Molina Managed Medicaid $46.52 ↓ -90%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $47.38 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $94.95 ↓ -80%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $133.41 ↓ -72%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $135.19 ↓ -72%
Aetna Whole Health $136.42 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial $181.91 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $195.01 ↓ -59%
American Health Medicare Advantage $197.70 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $197.70 ↓ -59%
Quick Trip Commercial $199.35 ↓ -58%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $201.66 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare Advantage $205.61 ↓ -57%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $207.59 ↓ -57%
Molina Medicare Advantage $207.59 ↓ -57%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $207.59 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $216.68 ↓ -55%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $217.47 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $219.45 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $223.40 ↓ -53%
PHCS PPO $230.91 ↓ -52%
Aetna Coventry $232.91 ↓ -51%
Aetna ASA $232.91 ↓ -51%
Healthsmart Commercial $249.19 ↓ -48%
Multiplan Commercial $289.06 ↓ -40%
Galaxy Commercial $292.38 ↓ -39%
USA MCO $292.38 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $304.67 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare All Payer $308.00 ↓ -36%
Cigna Indemnity $312.65 ↓ -35%
Cigna OAP/HMO $328.00 ↓ -31%
Cigna PPO $396.00 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Options PPO $401.00 ↓ -16%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital
Parkland Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $576.16 $112.00 – $816.23
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $477.90 $94.95 – $94.95
MEDICAL CITY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER - ALLIANCE FORT WORTH not published $197.70 – $517.97
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $576.16 $112.00 – $816.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $576.16 $112.00 – $864.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $504.10 $100.82 – $630.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $576.16 $112.00 – $816.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $576.16 $112.00 – $864.24

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