X-ray skull < 4 views 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

$351.00

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.

$585.00

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.

$36.09 with United Healthcare vs $884.54 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — 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
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $36.09 ↓ -90%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $36.09 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $36.09 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $36.09 ↓ -90%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $37.89 ↓ -89%
Molina Managed Medicaid $38.98 ↓ -89%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $39.70 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $105.20 ↓ -70%
American Health Medicare Advantage $105.20 ↓ -70%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $107.30 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare Advantage $109.40 ↓ -69%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $110.45 ↓ -69%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $110.45 ↓ -69%
Molina Medicare Advantage $110.45 ↓ -69%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $115.71 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $116.77 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $118.87 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $173.16 ↓ -51%
Aetna Whole Health $240.20 ↓ -32%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $256.99 ↓ -27%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $274.95 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $294.43 ↓ -16%
Aetna Commercial $320.29 ↓ -9%
Cigna OAP/HMO $323.39 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $327.16 ↓ -7%
Quick Trip Commercial $351.00 ↑ +0%
PHCS PPO $406.58 ↑ +16%
Cigna PPO $407.75 ↑ +16%
Aetna Coventry $410.09 ↑ +17%
Aetna ASA $410.09 ↑ +17%
Healthsmart Commercial $438.75 ↑ +25%
Multiplan Commercial $508.95 ↑ +45%
USA MCO $514.80 ↑ +47%
Galaxy Commercial $514.80 ↑ +47%
Cigna Indemnity $550.49 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare All Payer $551.00 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare Options PPO $722.00 ↑ +106%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $884.54 ↑ +152%

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X-ray skull < 4 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $277.54 $36.09 – $346.92
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $351.00 $36.09 – $39.70
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth Fort Worth $351.00 $36.09 – $39.70
MEDICAL CITY MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER - ALLIANCE FORT WORTH $569.84 $45.39 – $45.39
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $615.53 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $277.54 $36.09 – $346.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $309.63 $63.73 – $464.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $312.96 $36.09 – $391.20

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