Cell marker study 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

$467.70

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.

$779.50

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.

$48.21 with Fort Worth Firefighters vs $733.51 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 $48.21 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Options PPO $49.47 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare All Payer $49.47 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $52.44 ↓ -89%
American Health Medicare Advantage $52.44 ↓ -89%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $53.48 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare Advantage $54.53 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $55.01 ↓ -88%
Molina Medicare Advantage $55.06 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $55.06 ↓ -88%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $55.06 ↓ -88%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $57.68 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $58.20 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $59.25 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $64.00 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $64.00 ↓ -86%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $64.00 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $64.00 ↓ -86%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $67.19 ↓ -86%
Molina Managed Medicaid $69.14 ↓ -85%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $70.39 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $97.95 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $108.83 ↓ -77%
Aetna Whole Health $152.21 ↓ -67%
Cigna OAP/HMO $181.67 ↓ -61%
Cigna PPO $181.67 ↓ -61%
Aetna Commercial $202.94 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $289.94 ↓ -38%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $366.37 ↓ -22%
Quick Trip Commercial $467.70 ↑ +0%
PHCS PPO $541.75 ↑ +16%
Aetna Coventry $546.43 ↑ +17%
Aetna ASA $546.43 ↑ +17%
Healthsmart Commercial $584.63 ↑ +25%
Multiplan Commercial $678.17 ↑ +45%
USA MCO $685.96 ↑ +47%
Galaxy Commercial $685.96 ↑ +47%
Cigna Indemnity $733.51 ↑ +57%

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Cell marker study at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $825.00 $35.00 – $382.27
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth not published $48.21 – $48.21
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth Fort Worth not published $48.21 – $48.21
MEDICAL CITY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER - ALLIANCE FORT WORTH not published $143.67 – $143.67
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $825.00 $35.00 – $382.27
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $825.00 $36.00 – $411.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $825.00 $36.00 – $343.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $825.00 $35.00 – $382.27

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