Test urine for porphyrins 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.

$13.36 with American Health vs $19.76 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 $13.36
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $13.36
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $13.63
Humana Medicare Advantage $13.89
Molina Medicare Advantage $14.03
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $14.03
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $14.03
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $14.70
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $14.83
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $15.10
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $16.90
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $18.30
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $18.30
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $18.30
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $19.22
Molina Managed Medicaid $19.76

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Test urine for porphyrins at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $345.52 $11.22 – $54.38
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $378.34 $11.00 – $54.38
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $252.30 $11.22 – $54.38
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $63.63 $10.66 – $136.35
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $596.00 $11.00 – $54.38
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) Austin $48.06 $9.84 – $72.81
Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) Austin $48.06 $9.84 – $72.81
MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL Argyle $471.54 $8.02 – $50.38

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