Sputum specimen collection at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, Fort Worth, TX · Texashealth · · NPI 1336172105
$102.90
Cash price 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.
$171.50
Gross charge 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.
$22.23 with United Healthcare vs $193.40 with United Healthcare — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United Healthcare | Managed Medicaid | $22.23 | ↓ -78% |
| Cook Childrens | Managed Medicaid | $22.23 | ↓ -78% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $22.23 | ↓ -78% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Managed Medicaid | $22.23 | ↓ -78% |
| Superior Wellcare | Managed Medicaid | $23.34 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | $24.01 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Managed Medicaid | $24.46 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Whole Health | $34.46 | ↓ -67% |
| Fort Worth Firefighters | Commercial | $35.38 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | PPO | $42.43 | ↓ -59% |
| Cigna | OAP/HMO | $42.43 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $45.95 | ↓ -55% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Exchange | $65.34 | ↓ -37% |
| City of Fort Worth | Commercial | $80.61 | ↓ -22% |
| Quick Trip | Commercial | $102.90 | ↑ +0% |
| PHCS | PPO | $119.19 | ↑ +16% |
| Aetna | Coventry | $120.22 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | ASA | $120.22 | ↑ +17% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial | $128.63 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $128.97 | ↑ +25% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $143.20 | ↑ +39% |
| United Healthcare Options | PPO | $143.50 | ↑ +39% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $143.50 | ↑ +39% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $149.21 | ↑ +45% |
| Galaxy | Commercial | $150.92 | ↑ +47% |
| USA | MCO | $150.92 | ↑ +47% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Traditional | $157.27 | ↑ +53% |
| Cigna | Indemnity | $161.38 | ↑ +57% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $171.15 | ↑ +66% |
| American Health | Medicare Advantage | $171.15 | ↑ +66% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare Advantage | $174.57 | ↑ +70% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $177.99 | ↑ +73% |
| Superior Wellcare | Medicare Advantage HMO | $179.70 | ↑ +75% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Advantage | $179.70 | ↑ +75% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $179.70 | ↑ +75% |
| Superior Wellcare | Medicare Advantage MMP | $188.26 | ↑ +83% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage PPO | $189.97 | ↑ +85% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage HMO | $193.40 | ↑ +88% |
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Sputum specimen collection at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $120.37 | $10.00 – $423.12 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance | Fort Worth | $102.90 | $34.46 – $159.57 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth | Fort Worth | $102.90 | $34.46 – $159.57 |
| MEDICAL CITY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER - ALLIANCE | FORT WORTH | not published | $24.42 – $24.42 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $120.37 | $10.00 – $423.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $120.46 | $12.00 – $423.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $192.85 | $12.00 – $423.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $120.37 | $10.00 – $423.12 |