ER Visit (level 5, high severity) 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

$1,591.20

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.

$2,652.00

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.

$248.23 with United Healthcare vs $45,861.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — 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
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $248.23 ↓ -84%
Cook Childrens Managed Medicaid $248.23 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $248.23 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $248.23 ↓ -84%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $260.69 ↓ -84%
Molina Managed Medicaid $268.12 ↓ -83%
Aetna Managed Medicaid $273.16 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $598.24 ↓ -62%
American Health Medicare Advantage $598.24 ↓ -62%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $610.21 ↓ -62%
Humana Medicare Advantage $622.17 ↓ -61%
Molina Medicare Advantage $628.16 ↓ -61%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $628.16 ↓ -61%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $628.16 ↓ -61%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $658.07 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $664.05 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $676.02 ↓ -58%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $1,246.44 ↓ -22%
Aetna Whole Health $1,360.74 ↓ -14%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $1,385.40 ↓ -13%
Cigna OAP/HMO $1,466.03 ↓ -8%
Quick Trip Commercial $1,591.20 ↑ +0%
Aetna Commercial $1,814.23 ↑ +14%
PHCS PPO $1,843.14 ↑ +16%
Cigna PPO $1,848.44 ↑ +16%
Aetna Coventry $1,859.05 ↑ +17%
Aetna ASA $1,859.05 ↑ +17%
Healthsmart Commercial $1,989.00 ↑ +25%
Multiplan Commercial $2,307.24 ↑ +45%
USA MCO $2,333.76 ↑ +47%
Galaxy Commercial $2,333.76 ↑ +47%
Cigna Indemnity $2,495.53 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare All Payer $6,468.00 ↑ +306%
United Healthcare Options PPO $8,657.00 ↑ +444%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $22,089.00 ↑ +1288%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $41,275.00 ↑ +2494%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $45,218.00 ↑ +2742%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $45,861.00 ↑ +2782%

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ER Visit (level 5, high severity) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - DENTON Denton $2,327.80 $426.76 – $6,643.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,127.54 $1,942.36 – $1,942.36
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,327.80 $568.33 – $6,299.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,377.55 $489.38 – $6,643.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,377.55 $475.51 – $6,643.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,327.80 $568.33 – $6,643.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,377.55 $568.33 – $6,643.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,377.55 $1,228.40 – $5,475.00

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