Artery x-rays chest at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton

3000 N I-35, Denton, TX · Texashealth · · NPI 1003883158

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.

$165.40 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $3,584.21 with United Healthcare — 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 $165.40
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $165.40
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $165.40
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $165.40
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $173.67
Molina Managed Medicaid $178.63
Aetna Managed Medicaid $181.94
American Health Medicare Advantage $3,171.87
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $3,171.87
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $3,235.31
Humana Medicare Advantage $3,298.74
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $3,330.46
Molina Medicare Advantage $3,330.46
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $3,330.46
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $3,489.06
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $3,520.77
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $3,584.21

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Artery x-rays chest at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - DENTON Denton $1,629.33 $165.40 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,629.33 $165.40 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,498.28 $514.23 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,943.48 $165.40 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,629.33 $165.40 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,498.28 $176.98 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,498.28 $165.40 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,943.48 $165.40 – $7,896.23

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