Surgical pathology level 2 gross & microscopic examination 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

$107.85

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.

$179.75

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.

$16.57 with Fort Worth Firefighters vs $169.14 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
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $16.57 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Options PPO $22.99 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare All Payer $22.99 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $23.30 ↓ -78%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $23.30 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $23.30 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $23.30 ↓ -78%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $24.46 ↓ -77%
Molina Managed Medicaid $25.17 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $25.56 ↓ -76%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $25.63 ↓ -76%
American Health Medicare Advantage $37.52 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $37.52 ↓ -65%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $38.27 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicare Advantage $39.02 ↓ -64%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $39.40 ↓ -63%
Molina Medicare Advantage $39.40 ↓ -63%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $39.40 ↓ -63%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $41.27 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $41.65 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $42.40 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $45.52 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $50.58 ↓ -53%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $68.31 ↓ -37%
Aetna Whole Health $98.87 ↓ -8%
Quick Trip Commercial $107.85 ↑ +0%
Cigna PPO $114.04 ↑ +6%
Cigna OAP/HMO $114.04 ↑ +6%
PHCS PPO $124.93 ↑ +16%
Aetna ASA $126.00 ↑ +17%
Aetna Coventry $126.00 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial $131.83 ↑ +22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $134.74 ↑ +25%
Healthsmart Commercial $134.81 ↑ +25%
Multiplan Commercial $156.38 ↑ +45%
USA MCO $158.18 ↑ +47%
Galaxy Commercial $158.18 ↑ +47%
Cigna Indemnity $169.14 ↑ +57%
Parkland Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital

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Surgical pathology level 2 gross & microscopic examination at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $176.63 $35.00 – $220.78
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Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth Fort Worth $107.85 $16.57 – $114.04
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $187.56 $36.00 – $281.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $182.09 $35.64 – $227.61
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