ER Visit (level 3) 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

$579.15

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.

$965.25

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.

$30.20 with United Healthcare vs $8,657.00 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 $30.20 ↓ -95%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $30.20 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $30.20 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $30.20 ↓ -95%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $31.71 ↓ -95%
Molina Managed Medicaid $32.62 ↓ -94%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $33.23 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $88.77 ↓ -85%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $109.51 ↓ -81%
Aetna Whole Health $119.55 ↓ -79%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $121.72 ↓ -79%
Cigna OAP/HMO $128.80 ↓ -78%
Quick Trip Commercial $139.80 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial $159.40 ↓ -72%
PHCS PPO $161.94 ↓ -72%
Cigna PPO $162.40 ↓ -72%
Aetna Coventry $163.33 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASA $163.33 ↓ -72%
Healthsmart Commercial $174.75 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $175.22 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $194.56 ↓ -66%
Multiplan Commercial $202.71 ↓ -65%
USA MCO $205.04 ↓ -65%
Galaxy Commercial $205.04 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $213.66 ↓ -63%
Cigna Indemnity $219.25 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $274.22 ↓ -53%
American Health Medicare Advantage $274.22 ↓ -53%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $279.71 ↓ -52%
Humana Medicare Advantage $285.19 ↓ -51%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $287.93 ↓ -50%
Molina Medicare Advantage $287.93 ↓ -50%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $287.93 ↓ -50%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $301.64 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $304.39 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $309.87 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare All Payer $6,468.00 ↑ +1017%
United Healthcare Options PPO $8,657.00 ↑ +1395%

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ER Visit (level 3) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $770.04 $205.34 – $2,410.00
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $579.15 not published
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth Fort Worth $579.15 not published
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,470.35 $859.86 – $859.86
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $770.04 $218.18 – $6,299.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $886.75 $182.52 – $2,805.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,006.17 $201.23 – $2,805.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $770.04 $205.34 – $2,691.00

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