Artery x-rays spine at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth

6100 Harris Pkwy, Fort Worth, TX · Texashealth · · NPI 1417980202

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 21, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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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.

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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.

$250.94 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $6,326.93 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.

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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 $250.94
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $250.94
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $250.94
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $250.94
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $263.49
Molina Managed Medicaid $271.02
Aetna Managed Medicaid $276.03
American Health Medicare Advantage $5,599.05
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $5,599.05
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $5,711.03
Humana Medicare Advantage $5,823.01
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $5,879.01
Molina Medicare Advantage $5,879.01
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $5,879.01
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $6,158.96
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $6,214.95
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $6,326.93

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Artery x-rays spine at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $4,094.60 $250.94 – $13,613.39
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $3,267.30 $250.94 – $276.03
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth Fort Worth $3,267.30 $250.94 – $276.03
MEDICAL CITY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER - ALLIANCE FORT WORTH not published $217.57 – $217.57
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $4,094.60 $250.94 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $4,255.45 $875.91 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $6,385.15 $250.94 – $13,613.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $4,094.60 $250.94 – $13,613.39

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