Lactic acid 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

$727.08

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.

$1,211.80

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.

$9.72 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $121.62 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 $9.72 ↓ -99%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $9.72 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $9.72 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $9.72 ↓ -99%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $10.21 ↓ -99%
Molina Managed Medicaid $10.50 ↓ -99%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $10.69 ↓ -99%
American Health Medicare Advantage $11.57 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Options PPO $11.57 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare All Payer $11.57 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $11.57 ↓ -98%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $11.80 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage $12.03 ↓ -98%
Molina Medicare Advantage $12.15 ↓ -98%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $12.15 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $12.15 ↓ -98%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $12.73 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $12.84 ↓ -98%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $12.87 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $13.07 ↓ -98%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $20.95 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $22.91 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $25.45 ↓ -96%
Aetna Whole Health $35.60 ↓ -95%
Cigna OAP/HMO $44.38 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $44.38 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial $47.47 ↓ -93%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $60.75 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $67.81 ↓ -91%
Quick Trip Commercial $77.55 ↓ -89%
PHCS PPO $89.83 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASA $90.60 ↓ -88%
Aetna Coventry $90.60 ↓ -88%
Healthsmart Commercial $96.94 ↓ -87%
Multiplan Commercial $112.45 ↓ -85%
USA MCO $113.74 ↓ -84%
Galaxy Commercial $113.74 ↓ -84%
Cigna Indemnity $121.62 ↓ -83%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $145.94 $9.72 – $182.42
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $193.65 $9.72 – $44.38
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