Protein total serum plasma whole blood 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

$121.50

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.

$202.50

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.

$3.08 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $190.55 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $3.08 ↓ -97%
Parkland Managed Medicaid $3.08 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $3.08 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $3.08 ↓ -97%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $3.23 ↓ -97%
Molina Managed Medicaid $3.33 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Options PPO $3.67 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare All Payer $3.67 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $3.67 ↓ -97%
American Health Medicare Advantage $3.67 ↓ -97%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $3.74 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $3.82 ↓ -97%
Molina Medicare Advantage $3.85 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $3.85 ↓ -97%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $3.85 ↓ -97%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $4.04 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $4.07 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $4.08 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $4.15 ↓ -97%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $7.18 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $7.27 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $8.07 ↓ -93%
Aetna Whole Health $12.23 ↓ -90%
Cigna OAP/HMO $15.12 ↓ -88%
Cigna PPO $15.12 ↓ -88%
Aetna Commercial $16.30 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $21.51 ↓ -82%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $95.18 ↓ -22%
Aetna ASA $141.95 ↑ +17%
Aetna Coventry $141.95 ↑ +17%
Quick Trip Commercial $143.78 ↑ +18%
Healthsmart Commercial $151.88 ↑ +25%
PHCS PPO $169.29 ↑ +39%
Multiplan Commercial $176.18 ↑ +45%
Galaxy Commercial $178.20 ↑ +47%
USA MCO $178.20 ↑ +47%
Cigna Indemnity $190.55 ↑ +57%

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