Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 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

$140.00

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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.

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.

$233.33

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.

$43.10 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $203.73 with Cigna — 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 $43.10 ↓ -69%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $43.10 ↓ -69%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $43.10 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $43.10 ↓ -69%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $45.26 ↓ -68%
Molina Managed Medicaid $46.55 ↓ -67%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $47.41 ↓ -66%
American Health Medicare Advantage $51.31 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Options PPO $51.31 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare All Payer $51.31 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $51.31 ↓ -63%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $52.34 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare Advantage $53.36 ↓ -62%
Molina Medicare Advantage $53.88 ↓ -62%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $53.88 ↓ -62%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $53.88 ↓ -62%
Cigna OAP/HMO $54.53 ↓ -61%
Cigna PPO $54.53 ↓ -61%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $56.44 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $56.95 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $57.06 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $57.98 ↓ -59%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $81.19 ↓ -42%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $82.27 ↓ -41%
Aetna Whole Health $88.25 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $101.59 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $112.88 ↓ -19%
Aetna Commercial $117.66 ↓ -16%
Quick Trip Commercial $129.90 ↓ -7%
PHCS PPO $150.47 ↑ +7%
Aetna ASA $151.77 ↑ +8%
Aetna Coventry $151.77 ↑ +8%
Healthsmart Commercial $162.38 ↑ +16%
Multiplan Commercial $188.36 ↑ +35%
Galaxy Commercial $190.52 ↑ +36%
USA MCO $190.52 ↑ +36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $198.53 ↑ +42%
Cigna Indemnity $203.73 ↑ +46%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital
Parkland Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $900.00 $10.00 – $129.38
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $140.00 $43.10 – $54.53
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth Fort Worth $140.00 $43.10 – $54.53
MEDICAL CITY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER - ALLIANCE FORT WORTH not published $51.31 – $134.43
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $488.44 $46.18 – $197.54
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $900.00 $10.00 – $129.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $111.78 $12.00 – $167.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $103.50 $12.00 – $129.38

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