Pr tube thoracostomy w/connection to drainage open 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

$1,448.70

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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.

$2,414.50

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.

$608.45 with Amerigroup vs $3,076.00 with United Healthcare Options — 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
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $608.45 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $608.45 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $608.45 ↓ -58%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $638.88 ↓ -56%
Molina Managed Medicaid $657.23 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $970.63 ↓ -33%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $1,134.82 ↓ -22%
Aetna Whole Health $1,238.88 ↓ -14%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $1,261.33 ↓ -13%
Cigna OAP/HMO $1,334.74 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $1,581.33 ↑ +9%
American Health Medicare Advantage $1,581.33 ↑ +9%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $1,612.95 ↑ +11%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $1,622.54 ↑ +12%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,644.58 ↑ +14%
Aetna Commercial $1,651.76 ↑ +14%
Molina Medicare Advantage $1,660.39 ↑ +15%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $1,660.39 ↑ +15%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $1,660.39 ↑ +15%
Cigna PPO $1,682.91 ↑ +16%
Aetna ASA $1,692.56 ↑ +17%
Aetna Coventry $1,692.56 ↑ +17%
Quick Trip Commercial $1,714.30 ↑ +18%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $1,739.46 ↑ +20%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $1,755.27 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $1,786.90 ↑ +23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $1,803.63 ↑ +24%
PHCS PPO $2,018.52 ↑ +39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $2,074.06 ↑ +43%
Healthsmart Commercial $2,100.62 ↑ +45%
Multiplan Commercial $2,100.62 ↑ +45%
Galaxy Commercial $2,124.76 ↑ +47%
USA MCO $2,124.76 ↑ +47%
Cigna Indemnity $2,272.04 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare All Payer $2,380.00 ↑ +64%
United Healthcare Options PPO $3,076.00 ↑ +112%

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