Brain MRI (without contrast) at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southlake
1545 E Southlake Blvd, Southlake, TX · Texashealth · · NPI 1629064928
$2,504.25
Cash price 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.
$4,173.75
Gross charge 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.
$202.15 with United Healthcare vs $3,927.50 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United Healthcare | Managed Medicaid | $202.15 | ↓ -92% |
| Cook Childrens | Managed Medicaid | $202.15 | ↓ -92% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Managed Medicaid | $202.15 | ↓ -92% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $202.15 | ↓ -92% |
| Superior Wellcare | Managed Medicaid | $212.26 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | $218.32 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | Managed Medicaid | $222.37 | ↓ -91% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $240.08 | ↓ -90% |
| American Health | Medicare Advantage | $240.08 | ↓ -90% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare Advantage | $244.89 | ↓ -90% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $249.69 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $252.09 | ↓ -90% |
| Superior Wellcare | Medicare Advantage HMO | $252.09 | ↓ -90% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Advantage | $252.09 | ↓ -90% |
| Superior Wellcare | Medicare Advantage MMP | $264.09 | ↓ -89% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage PPO | $266.49 | ↓ -89% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage HMO | $271.30 | ↓ -89% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $786.51 | ↓ -69% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Exchange | $866.91 | ↓ -65% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $873.90 | ↓ -65% |
| Fort Worth Firefighters | Commercial | $1,105.00 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | Whole Health | $1,200.00 | ↓ -52% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $1,476.00 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,600.00 | ↓ -36% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Traditional | $1,652.02 | ↓ -34% |
| United Healthcare Options | PPO | $1,933.00 | ↓ -23% |
| City of Fort Worth | Commercial | $1,961.66 | ↓ -22% |
| Cigna | OAP/HMO | $1,973.00 | ↓ -21% |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,053.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Quick Trip | Commercial | $2,504.25 | ↑ +0% |
| PHCS | PPO | $2,900.76 | ↑ +16% |
| Aetna | Coventry | $2,925.80 | ↑ +17% |
| Aetna | ASA | $2,925.80 | ↑ +17% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial | $3,130.31 | ↑ +25% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $3,631.16 | ↑ +45% |
| Galaxy | Commercial | $3,672.90 | ↑ +47% |
| USA | MCO | $3,672.90 | ↑ +47% |
| Cigna | Indemnity | $3,927.50 | ↑ +57% |
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Brain MRI (without contrast) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $4,391.63 | $1,085.97 – $1,085.97 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,189.86 | $202.15 – $2,737.32 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,260.29 | $314.76 – $3,390.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,556.77 | $202.15 – $3,195.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,189.86 | $202.15 – $2,737.32 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,260.29 | $216.30 – $3,390.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,260.29 | $202.15 – $3,390.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,556.77 | $202.15 – $3,835.15 |