Special physics consult 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

$298.05

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.

$496.75

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.

$64.38 with United Healthcare vs $6,403.00 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 $64.38 ↓ -78%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $64.38 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $64.38 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $64.38 ↓ -78%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $67.61 ↓ -77%
Molina Managed Medicaid $69.55 ↓ -77%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $70.84 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $135.02 ↓ -55%
American Health Medicare Advantage $135.02 ↓ -55%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $137.72 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare Advantage $140.42 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $141.07 ↓ -53%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $141.77 ↓ -52%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $141.77 ↓ -52%
Molina Medicare Advantage $141.77 ↓ -52%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $148.52 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $149.87 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $152.57 ↓ -49%
Aetna Whole Health $203.97 ↓ -32%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $218.22 ↓ -27%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $233.47 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $271.97 ↓ -9%
Cigna OAP/HMO $274.60 ↓ -8%
Quick Trip Commercial $298.05 ↑ +0%
PHCS PPO $345.24 ↑ +16%
Cigna PPO $346.23 ↑ +16%
Aetna Coventry $348.22 ↑ +17%
Aetna ASA $348.22 ↑ +17%
Healthsmart Commercial $372.56 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $373.56 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $414.79 ↑ +39%
Multiplan Commercial $432.17 ↑ +45%
Galaxy Commercial $437.14 ↑ +47%
USA MCO $437.14 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $455.52 ↑ +53%
Cigna Indemnity $467.44 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare All Payer $4,803.00 ↑ +1511%
United Healthcare Options PPO $6,403.00 ↑ +2048%

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