Thyroid imaging 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

$696.75

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.

$1,161.25

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.

$171.74 with United Healthcare vs $1,092.74 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
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $171.74 ↓ -75%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $171.74 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $171.74 ↓ -75%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $171.74 ↓ -75%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $180.33 ↓ -74%
Molina Managed Medicaid $185.48 ↓ -73%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $188.91 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $279.52 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $401.59 ↓ -42%
American Health Medicare Advantage $401.59 ↓ -42%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $409.62 ↓ -41%
Humana Medicare Advantage $417.66 ↓ -40%
Molina Medicare Advantage $421.67 ↓ -39%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $421.67 ↓ -39%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $421.67 ↓ -39%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $441.75 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $445.77 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $453.80 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $475.28 ↓ -32%
Aetna Whole Health $476.81 ↓ -32%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $510.14 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $528.11 ↓ -24%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $545.79 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $635.78 ↓ -9%
Cigna OAP/HMO $641.94 ↓ -8%
Quick Trip Commercial $696.75 ↑ +0%
PHCS PPO $807.07 ↑ +16%
Cigna PPO $809.39 ↑ +16%
Aetna ASA $814.04 ↑ +17%
Aetna Coventry $814.04 ↑ +17%
Healthsmart Commercial $870.94 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare Options PPO $1,004.00 ↑ +44%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,008.00 ↑ +45%
Multiplan Commercial $1,010.29 ↑ +45%
Galaxy Commercial $1,021.90 ↑ +47%
USA MCO $1,021.90 ↑ +47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $1,064.87 ↑ +53%
Cigna Indemnity $1,092.74 ↑ +57%

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Thyroid imaging at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $673.01 $171.74 – $1,021.72
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $696.75 $171.74 – $188.91
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth Fort Worth $696.75 $171.74 – $188.91
MEDICAL CITY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER - ALLIANCE FORT WORTH not published $280.17 – $280.17
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $673.01 $171.74 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $577.80 $118.93 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $577.80 $171.74 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $673.01 $171.74 – $1,021.72

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