Shoulder 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

$282.15

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.

$470.25

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.

$35.09 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 $35.09 ↓ -88%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $35.09 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $35.09 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $35.09 ↓ -88%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $36.84 ↓ -87%
Molina Managed Medicaid $37.90 ↓ -87%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $38.60 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $87.42 ↓ -69%
American Health Medicare Advantage $87.42 ↓ -69%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $89.17 ↓ -68%
Humana Medicare Advantage $90.92 ↓ -68%
Molina Medicare Advantage $91.79 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $91.79 ↓ -67%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $91.79 ↓ -67%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $96.16 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $97.04 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $98.79 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $123.31 ↓ -56%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $176.34 ↓ -38%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $178.70 ↓ -37%
Aetna Whole Health $193.08 ↓ -32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $209.66 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $232.97 ↓ -17%
Aetna Commercial $257.46 ↓ -9%
Cigna OAP/HMO $259.95 ↓ -8%
Quick Trip Commercial $282.15 ↑ +0%
PHCS PPO $326.82 ↑ +16%
Cigna PPO $327.76 ↑ +16%
Aetna Coventry $329.65 ↑ +17%
Aetna ASA $329.65 ↑ +17%
Healthsmart Commercial $352.69 ↑ +25%
Multiplan Commercial $409.12 ↑ +45%
Galaxy Commercial $413.82 ↑ +47%
USA MCO $413.82 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $431.22 ↑ +53%
Cigna Indemnity $442.51 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare All Payer $551.00 ↑ +95%
United Healthcare Options PPO $722.00 ↑ +156%
Parkland Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital

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Shoulder X-ray at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $306.88 $35.09 – $383.60
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $282.15 $35.09 – $38.60
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth Fort Worth $282.15 $35.09 – $38.60
MEDICAL CITY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER - ALLIANCE FORT WORTH not published $42.57 – $42.57
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $692.77 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $306.88 $35.09 – $383.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $344.38 $70.88 – $516.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $399.22 $35.09 – $499.02

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