Urine Culture Test 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

$210.00

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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.

$350.00

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.

$6.78 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $329.35 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $6.78 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $6.78 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $6.78 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $6.78 ↓ -97%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $7.12 ↓ -97%
Molina Managed Medicaid $7.32 ↓ -97%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $7.46 ↓ -96%
American Health Medicare Advantage $8.07 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Options PPO $8.07 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare All Payer $8.07 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $8.07 ↓ -96%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $8.23 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $8.39 ↓ -96%
Molina Medicare Advantage $8.47 ↓ -96%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $8.47 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $8.47 ↓ -96%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $8.88 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $8.96 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $8.97 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $9.12 ↓ -96%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $15.85 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $15.98 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $17.75 ↓ -92%
Aetna Whole Health $26.93 ↓ -87%
Cigna PPO $33.26 ↓ -84%
Cigna OAP/HMO $33.26 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial $35.90 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $47.30 ↓ -77%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $133.00 ↓ -37%
Quick Trip Commercial $210.00 ↑ +0%
PHCS PPO $243.25 ↑ +16%
Aetna Coventry $245.35 ↑ +17%
Aetna ASA $245.35 ↑ +17%
Healthsmart Commercial $262.50 ↑ +25%
Multiplan Commercial $304.50 ↑ +45%
Galaxy Commercial $308.00 ↑ +47%
USA MCO $308.00 ↑ +47%
Cigna Indemnity $329.35 ↑ +57%
Parkland Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage HMO not published by hospital

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