Surgical pathology level 3 gross & microscopic examination at Texas Health Center for Diagnostics and Surgery Plano
6020 W Parker Road, Plano, TX · Texashealth · · NPI 1316933609
$288.45
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$480.75
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$23.24 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $289.94 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Managed Medicaid | $23.24 | ↓ -92% |
| Superior Wellcare | Managed Medicaid | $23.24 | ↓ -92% |
| United Healthcare | Managed Medicaid | $23.24 | ↓ -92% |
| Parkland | Managed Medicaid | $23.24 | ↓ -92% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $23.24 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | $23.24 | ↓ -92% |
| Fort Worth Firefighters | Commercial | $35.38 | ↓ -88% |
| United Healthcare Options | PPO | $49.47 | ↓ -83% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $49.47 | ↓ -83% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $51.38 | ↓ -82% |
| American Health | Medicare Advantage | $51.38 | ↓ -82% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare Advantage | $52.41 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $53.44 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $53.95 | ↓ -81% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Advantage | $53.95 | ↓ -81% |
| Superior Wellcare | Medicare Advantage HMO | $53.95 | ↓ -81% |
| Superior Wellcare | Medicare Advantage MMP | $56.52 | ↓ -80% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage PPO | $57.04 | ↓ -80% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage HMO | $58.06 | ↓ -80% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Exchange | $68.76 | ↓ -76% |
| City of Fort Worth | Commercial | $76.02 | ↓ -74% |
| Quick Trip | Commercial | $97.05 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $97.95 | ↓ -66% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $108.83 | ↓ -62% |
| PHCS | PPO | $112.42 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Coventry | $113.39 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | ASA | $113.39 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | Whole Health | $118.63 | ↓ -59% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial | $121.31 | ↓ -58% |
| Cigna | OAP/HMO | $135.20 | ↓ -53% |
| Cigna | PPO | $135.20 | ↓ -53% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $140.72 | ↓ -51% |
| USA | MCO | $142.34 | ↓ -51% |
| Galaxy | Commercial | $142.34 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna | Indemnity | $152.21 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $158.17 | ↓ -45% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Traditional | $289.94 | ↑ +1% |
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Surgical pathology level 3 gross & microscopic examination at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PLANO | Plano | $239.50 | $35.00 – $299.37 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano | Plano | $555.30 | $35.38 – $135.20 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $659.75 | $190.46 – $190.46 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $239.50 | $35.00 – $299.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $266.74 | $36.00 – $400.10 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $217.32 | $36.00 – $271.65 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $239.50 | $35.00 – $299.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $266.74 | $36.00 – $400.10 |