Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at Texas Health Heart & Vascular Hospital Arlington

811 Wright Street, Arlington, TX · Texashealth · · NPI 1407169196

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

$148.20

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$247.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$21.98 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $232.43 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $21.98 ↓ -85%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $21.98 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $21.98 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $21.98 ↓ -85%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $23.09 ↓ -84%
Molina Managed Medicaid $23.74 ↓ -84%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $24.18 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Options PPO $33.43 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare All Payer $33.43 ↓ -77%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $35.38 ↓ -76%
American Health Medicare Advantage $37.58 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $37.58 ↓ -75%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $38.33 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage $39.09 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage PPO $39.09 ↓ -74%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $39.46 ↓ -73%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $39.46 ↓ -73%
Molina Medicare Advantage $39.46 ↓ -73%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $41.34 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $41.72 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $42.47 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $46.47 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $66.19 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $73.55 ↓ -50%
Aetna Whole Health $79.98 ↓ -46%
Cigna PPO $84.79 ↓ -43%
Cigna OAP/HMO $84.79 ↓ -43%
Aetna Commercial $106.64 ↓ -28%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $116.09 ↓ -22%
Quick Trip Commercial $148.20 ↑ +0%
PHCS PPO $171.67 ↑ +16%
Aetna Coventry $173.15 ↑ +17%
Aetna ASA $173.15 ↑ +17%
Healthsmart Commercial $185.25 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $195.93 ↑ +32%
Multiplan Commercial $214.89 ↑ +45%
Galaxy Commercial $217.36 ↑ +47%
USA MCO $217.36 ↑ +47%
Cigna Indemnity $232.43 ↑ +57%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital Arlington $148.20 $33.43 – $84.79
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $179.62 $10.00 – $224.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $181.17 $12.00 – $271.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $181.17 $12.00 – $226.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $179.62 $10.00 – $224.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $181.17 $12.00 – $271.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $181.17 $8.00 – $271.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $181.17 $12.00 – $271.75

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →