Meg evoked single at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Stephenville

411 N Belknap St, Stephenville, TX · Texashealth · · NPI 1922031541

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 21, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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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.

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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.

$862.65 with American Health vs $1,384.46 with Molina — 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
American Health Medicare Advantage $862.65
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $862.65
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $879.91
Humana Medicare Advantage $897.16
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $905.79
Molina Medicare Advantage $905.79
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $905.79
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $948.92
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $957.55
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $974.80
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $1,281.91
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $1,281.91
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $1,281.91
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $1,346.01
Molina Managed Medicaid $1,384.46

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Meg evoked single at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield $11,728.68 $600.71 – $1,725.31
Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) Smithville $1,146.24 $376.54 – $1,725.41
Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) Austin $2,228.80 $376.54 – $1,432.80
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $847.77 – $847.77
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $513.01 – $1,465.16
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $515.27 – $691.64
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $515.27 – $691.64
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $750.88 – $750.88

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