Culture typing added method at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen

1105 Central Expressway North, Allen, TX · Texashealth · · NPI 1548291883

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

$154.95

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.

$258.25

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.

$6.50 with Parkland vs $243.01 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.

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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
Parkland Managed Medicaid $6.50 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $6.50 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $6.50 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $6.50 ↓ -96%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $6.83 ↓ -96%
Molina Managed Medicaid $7.02 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $7.74 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Options PPO $7.74 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare All Payer $7.74 ↓ -95%
American Health Medicare Advantage $7.74 ↓ -95%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $7.89 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare Advantage $8.05 ↓ -95%
Molina Medicare Advantage $8.13 ↓ -95%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $8.13 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $8.13 ↓ -95%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $8.51 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $8.59 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $8.61 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $8.75 ↓ -94%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $10.27 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $15.33 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $17.03 ↓ -89%
Aetna Whole Health $17.43 ↓ -89%
Cigna OAP/HMO $21.17 ↓ -86%
Cigna PPO $21.17 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial $23.24 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $45.36 ↓ -71%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $121.38 ↓ -22%
Aetna Coventry $181.03 ↑ +17%
Aetna ASA $181.03 ↑ +17%
Quick Trip Commercial $183.36 ↑ +18%
Healthsmart Commercial $193.69 ↑ +25%
PHCS PPO $215.90 ↑ +39%
Multiplan Commercial $224.68 ↑ +45%
Galaxy Commercial $227.26 ↑ +47%
USA MCO $227.26 ↑ +47%
Cigna Indemnity $243.01 ↑ +57%

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