Microsatellite instability 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

$786.00

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.

$1,310.00

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.

$292.79 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $1,232.71 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 $292.79 ↓ -63%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $292.79 ↓ -63%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $292.79 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $292.79 ↓ -63%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $307.43 ↓ -61%
Molina Managed Medicaid $316.21 ↓ -60%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $322.07 ↓ -59%
American Health Medicare Advantage $348.56 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Options PPO $348.56 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare All Payer $348.56 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $348.56 ↓ -56%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $355.53 ↓ -55%
Humana Medicare Advantage $362.50 ↓ -54%
Molina Medicare Advantage $365.99 ↓ -53%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $365.99 ↓ -53%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $365.99 ↓ -53%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $383.42 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $386.90 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $387.60 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $393.87 ↓ -50%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $491.25 ↓ -38%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $497.80 ↓ -37%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $690.15 ↓ -12%
Cigna OAP/HMO $724.17 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $766.83 ↓ -2%
Quick Trip Commercial $786.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Whole Health $900.44 ↑ +15%
PHCS PPO $910.45 ↑ +16%
Cigna PPO $913.07 ↑ +16%
Aetna Coventry $918.31 ↑ +17%
Aetna ASA $918.31 ↑ +17%
Healthsmart Commercial $982.50 ↑ +25%
Multiplan Commercial $1,139.70 ↑ +45%
USA MCO $1,152.80 ↑ +47%
Galaxy Commercial $1,152.80 ↑ +47%
Aetna Commercial $1,200.58 ↑ +53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $1,201.27 ↑ +53%
Cigna Indemnity $1,232.71 ↑ +57%
Parkland Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital

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Microsatellite instability at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $603.68 $10.00 – $836.54
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $786.00 $292.79 – $348.56
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth Fort Worth $786.00 $292.79 – $348.56
MEDICAL CITY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER - ALLIANCE FORT WORTH not published $348.56 – $913.23
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $603.68 $10.00 – $836.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $719.78 $12.00 – $836.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $522.84 $12.00 – $836.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $603.68 $10.00 – $836.54

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