Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site 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

$490.20

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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.

$817.00

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.

$38.07 with Fort Worth Firefighters vs $3,681.88 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $38.07 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $67.08 ↓ -86%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $67.08 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $67.08 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $67.08 ↓ -86%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $70.43 ↓ -86%
Molina Managed Medicaid $72.47 ↓ -85%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $73.78 ↓ -85%
Aetna Whole Health $73.96 ↓ -85%
Cigna OAP/HMO $79.84 ↓ -84%
Cigna PPO $79.84 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial $98.61 ↓ -80%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $383.99 ↓ -22%
Quick Trip Commercial $490.20 ↑ +0%
PHCS PPO $567.82 ↑ +16%
Aetna Coventry $572.72 ↑ +17%
Aetna ASA $572.72 ↑ +17%
Healthsmart Commercial $612.75 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare Options PPO $628.20 ↑ +28%
United Healthcare All Payer $628.20 ↑ +28%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $698.56 ↑ +43%
Multiplan Commercial $710.79 ↑ +45%
Galaxy Commercial $718.96 ↑ +47%
USA MCO $718.96 ↑ +47%
Cigna Indemnity $768.80 ↑ +57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $810.68 ↑ +65%
American Health Medicare Advantage $810.68 ↑ +65%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $826.90 ↑ +69%
Humana Medicare Advantage $843.11 ↑ +72%
Molina Medicare Advantage $851.22 ↑ +74%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $851.22 ↑ +74%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $851.22 ↑ +74%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $891.75 ↑ +82%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $899.86 ↑ +84%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $916.07 ↑ +87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $1,243.84 ↑ +154%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $1,382.04 ↑ +182%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $3,681.88 ↑ +651%

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Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $461.95 $35.00 – $2,130.15
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $490.20 $38.07 – $698.56
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth Fort Worth $490.20 $38.07 – $698.56
MEDICAL CITY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER - ALLIANCE FORT WORTH not published $42.70 – $42.70
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $461.95 $35.00 – $2,130.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $519.69 $36.00 – $2,130.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $519.69 $36.00 – $2,130.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $461.95 $35.00 – $2,130.15

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