Surgical pathology level 3 gross & microscopic examination at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital

800 W Randol Mill Rd, Arlington, TX · Texashealth · · NPI 1174533343

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

$555.30

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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.

$925.50

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.

$16.30 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $289.94 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $16.30 ↓ -97%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $16.30 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $16.30 ↓ -97%
Parkland Managed Medicaid $16.30 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $16.30 ↓ -97%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $17.11 ↓ -97%
Molina Managed Medicaid $17.61 ↓ -97%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $17.94 ↓ -97%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $35.38 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare All Payer $49.47 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Options PPO $49.47 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $52.44 ↓ -91%
American Health Medicare Advantage $52.44 ↓ -91%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $53.48 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare Advantage $54.53 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $55.01 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $55.06 ↓ -90%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $55.06 ↓ -90%
Molina Medicare Advantage $55.06 ↓ -90%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $57.68 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $58.20 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $59.25 ↓ -89%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $76.02 ↓ -86%
Quick Trip Commercial $97.05 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $97.95 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $108.83 ↓ -80%
PHCS PPO $112.42 ↓ -80%
Aetna Coventry $113.39 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASA $113.39 ↓ -80%
Aetna Whole Health $118.63 ↓ -79%
Healthsmart Commercial $121.31 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $135.20 ↓ -76%
Cigna OAP/HMO $135.20 ↓ -76%
Multiplan Commercial $140.72 ↓ -75%
Galaxy Commercial $142.34 ↓ -74%
USA MCO $142.34 ↓ -74%
Cigna Indemnity $152.21 ↓ -73%
Aetna Commercial $158.17 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $289.94 ↓ -48%

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