#fecal-sodium 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

$108.30

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.

$180.50

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.

$4.08 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $59.23 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 $4.08 ↓ -96%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $4.08 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $4.08 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $4.08 ↓ -96%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $4.28 ↓ -96%
Molina Managed Medicaid $4.41 ↓ -96%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $4.49 ↓ -96%
American Health Medicare Advantage $4.86 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Options PPO $4.86 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare All Payer $4.86 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $4.86 ↓ -96%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $4.96 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare Advantage $5.05 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicare Advantage $5.10 ↓ -95%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $5.10 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $5.10 ↓ -95%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $5.35 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $5.39 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $5.40 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $5.49 ↓ -95%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $9.54 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $9.62 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $10.69 ↓ -90%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $11.69 ↓ -89%
Aetna Whole Health $16.21 ↓ -85%
Cigna PPO $20.18 ↓ -81%
Cigna OAP/HMO $20.18 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial $21.61 ↓ -80%
Quick Trip Commercial $21.83 ↓ -80%
PHCS PPO $25.71 ↓ -76%
Healthsmart Commercial $25.83 ↓ -76%
Multiplan Commercial $26.75 ↓ -75%
USA MCO $27.06 ↓ -75%
Galaxy Commercial $27.06 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $28.48 ↓ -74%
Cigna Indemnity $28.94 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASA $59.23 ↓ -45%
Aetna Coventry $59.23 ↓ -45%
Parkland Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital

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#fecal-sodium at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $42.21 $4.08 – $16.00
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $50.70 $4.08 – $20.18
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth Fort Worth $50.70 $4.08 – $20.18
MEDICAL CITY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER - ALLIANCE FORT WORTH not published $4.86 – $12.73
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $42.21 $4.08 – $16.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $52.72 $2.63 – $19.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $49.45 $4.08 – $16.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $42.21 $4.08 – $16.00

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