Knee X-ray 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

$425.55

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.

$709.25

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.

$47.45 with United Healthcare vs $722.00 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 $47.45 ↓ -89%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $47.45 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $47.45 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $47.45 ↓ -89%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $49.82 ↓ -88%
Molina Managed Medicaid $51.25 ↓ -88%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $52.20 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $105.02 ↓ -75%
American Health Medicare Advantage $105.02 ↓ -75%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $107.12 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare Advantage $109.22 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $110.27 ↓ -74%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $110.27 ↓ -74%
Molina Medicare Advantage $110.27 ↓ -74%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $115.52 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $116.57 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $118.67 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $173.16 ↓ -59%
Aetna Whole Health $291.22 ↓ -32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $294.43 ↓ -31%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $311.57 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $327.16 ↓ -23%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $333.35 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $388.31 ↓ -9%
Cigna OAP/HMO $392.07 ↓ -8%
Quick Trip Commercial $425.55 ↑ +0%
PHCS PPO $492.93 ↑ +16%
Cigna PPO $494.35 ↑ +16%
Aetna Coventry $497.18 ↑ +17%
Aetna ASA $497.18 ↑ +17%
Healthsmart Commercial $531.94 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare All Payer $551.00 ↑ +29%
Multiplan Commercial $617.05 ↑ +45%
Galaxy Commercial $624.14 ↑ +47%
USA MCO $624.14 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $650.38 ↑ +53%
Cigna Indemnity $667.40 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare Options PPO $722.00 ↑ +70%

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Knee X-ray at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $357.20 $47.45 – $446.50
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $425.55 $47.45 – $52.20
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth Fort Worth $425.55 $47.45 – $52.20
MEDICAL CITY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER - ALLIANCE FORT WORTH not published $59.47 – $59.47
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $679.13 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $357.20 $47.45 – $446.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $500.23 $102.96 – $750.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $518.08 $47.45 – $647.60

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