Surgical pathology level 6 gross & microscopic examination at Texas Health Center for Diagnostics and Surgery Plano
6020 W Parker Road, Plano, TX · Texashealth · · NPI 1316933609
$757.35
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.
$1,262.25
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.
$48.21 with Fort Worth Firefighters vs $3,681.88 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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| Fort Worth Firefighters | Commercial | $48.21 | ↓ -94% |
| Parkland | Managed Medicaid | $117.40 | ↓ -84% |
| United Healthcare | Managed Medicaid | $117.40 | ↓ -84% |
| Amerigroup | Managed Medicaid | $117.40 | ↓ -84% |
| Molina | Managed Medicaid | $117.40 | ↓ -84% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Managed Medicaid | $117.40 | ↓ -84% |
| Superior Wellcare | Managed Medicaid | $117.40 | ↓ -84% |
| City of Fort Worth | Commercial | $383.99 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Whole Health | $425.36 | ↓ -44% |
| Cigna | PPO | $447.97 | ↓ -41% |
| Cigna | OAP/HMO | $447.97 | ↓ -41% |
| Quick Trip | Commercial | $490.20 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $567.14 | ↓ -25% |
| PHCS | PPO | $567.82 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | ASA | $572.72 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | Coventry | $572.72 | ↓ -24% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial | $612.75 | ↓ -19% |
| United Healthcare | All Payer | $628.20 | ↓ -17% |
| United Healthcare Options | PPO | $628.20 | ↓ -17% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $710.79 | ↓ -6% |
| USA | MCO | $718.96 | ↓ -5% |
| Galaxy | Commercial | $718.96 | ↓ -5% |
| Cigna | Indemnity | $768.80 | ↑ +2% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Medicare Advantage | $785.63 | ↑ +4% |
| American Health | Medicare Advantage | $785.63 | ↑ +4% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare Advantage | $801.34 | ↑ +6% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $817.05 | ↑ +8% |
| Amerigroup | Medicare Advantage | $824.91 | ↑ +9% |
| Molina | Medicare Advantage | $824.91 | ↑ +9% |
| Superior Wellcare | Medicare Advantage HMO | $824.91 | ↑ +9% |
| Superior Wellcare | Medicare Advantage MMP | $864.19 | ↑ +14% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage PPO | $872.05 | ↑ +15% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Exchange | $873.20 | ↑ +15% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage HMO | $887.76 | ↑ +17% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | HMO | $1,243.84 | ↑ +64% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | PPO | $1,382.04 | ↑ +82% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield | Traditional | $3,681.88 | ↑ +386% |
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Surgical pathology level 6 gross & microscopic examination at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PLANO | Plano | $657.12 | $35.00 – $2,130.15 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano | Plano | $757.35 | $48.21 – $698.56 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $657.12 | $35.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $880.68 | $36.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $677.44 | $36.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $657.12 | $35.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $880.68 | $36.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $880.68 | $26.00 – $2,130.15 |