Histochemical stains add-on at Texas Health Center for Diagnostics and Surgery Plano

6020 W Parker Road, Plano, TX · Texashealth · · NPI 1316933609

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

$1,143.00

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.

$1,905.00

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.

$16.57 with Fort Worth Firefighters vs $1,792.61 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
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $16.57 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Options PPO $75.43 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare All Payer $75.43 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $79.35 ↓ -93%
American Health Medicare Advantage $79.35 ↓ -93%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $80.94 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare Advantage $82.52 ↓ -93%
Molina Medicare Advantage $83.32 ↓ -93%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $83.32 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $83.32 ↓ -93%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $87.28 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $88.08 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $89.66 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $97.69 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $139.15 ↓ -88%
Aetna Whole Health $150.40 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $154.62 ↓ -86%
Cigna PPO $188.66 ↓ -83%
Cigna OAP/HMO $188.66 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial $200.53 ↓ -82%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $273.75 ↓ -76%
Molina Managed Medicaid $273.75 ↓ -76%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $273.75 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $273.75 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $273.75 ↓ -76%
Parkland Managed Medicaid $273.75 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $411.91 ↓ -64%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $895.35 ↓ -22%
Quick Trip Commercial $1,143.00 ↑ +0%
PHCS PPO $1,323.98 ↑ +16%
Aetna ASA $1,335.41 ↑ +17%
Aetna Coventry $1,335.41 ↑ +17%
Healthsmart Commercial $1,428.75 ↑ +25%
Multiplan Commercial $1,657.35 ↑ +45%
Galaxy Commercial $1,676.40 ↑ +47%
USA MCO $1,676.40 ↑ +47%
Cigna Indemnity $1,792.61 ↑ +57%

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Histochemical stains add-on at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PLANO Plano $190.85 $35.00 – $253.64
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano Plano $1,143.00 $16.57 – $188.66
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $190.85 $35.00 – $253.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $182.42 $36.00 – $268.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $179.04 $30.64 – $363.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $190.85 $35.00 – $255.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $182.42 $36.00 – $443.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $182.42 $26.00 – $268.56

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