Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) 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

$255.15

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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.

$425.25

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.

$7.11 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $400.16 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 $7.11 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $7.11 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $7.11 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $7.11 ↓ -97%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $7.47 ↓ -97%
Molina Managed Medicaid $7.68 ↓ -97%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $7.82 ↓ -97%
American Health Medicare Advantage $8.46 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Options PPO $8.46 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare All Payer $8.46 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $8.46 ↓ -97%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $8.63 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $8.80 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicare Advantage $8.88 ↓ -97%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $8.88 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $8.88 ↓ -97%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $9.31 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $9.39 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $9.41 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $9.56 ↓ -96%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $16.62 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $16.75 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $18.61 ↓ -93%
Aetna Whole Health $28.19 ↓ -89%
Cigna PPO $35.29 ↓ -86%
Cigna OAP/HMO $35.29 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial $37.59 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $49.58 ↓ -81%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $161.60 ↓ -37%
Quick Trip Commercial $255.15 ↑ +0%
PHCS PPO $295.55 ↑ +16%
Aetna Coventry $298.10 ↑ +17%
Aetna ASA $298.10 ↑ +17%
Healthsmart Commercial $318.94 ↑ +25%
Multiplan Commercial $369.97 ↑ +45%
Galaxy Commercial $374.22 ↑ +47%
USA MCO $374.22 ↑ +47%
Cigna Indemnity $400.16 ↑ +57%
Parkland Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital

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Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $149.84 $7.11 – $187.31
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $156.44 $12.00 – $234.67
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