X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 1 view 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

$264.00

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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.

$440.00

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.

$42.78 with Amerigroup vs $722.00 with United Healthcare Options — 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
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $42.78 ↓ -84%
Parkland Managed Medicaid $42.78 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $42.78 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $42.78 ↓ -84%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $44.92 ↓ -83%
Molina Managed Medicaid $46.20 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $84.68 ↓ -68%
American Health Medicare Advantage $84.68 ↓ -68%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $86.37 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicare Advantage $88.07 ↓ -67%
Molina Medicare Advantage $88.91 ↓ -66%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $88.91 ↓ -66%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $88.91 ↓ -66%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $93.15 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $93.99 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $95.69 ↓ -64%
Aetna Whole Health $180.66 ↓ -32%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $193.29 ↓ -27%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $206.80 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $209.66 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $215.49 ↓ -18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $232.97 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial $240.90 ↓ -9%
Cigna OAP/HMO $243.23 ↓ -8%
Quick Trip Commercial $264.00 ↑ +0%
PHCS PPO $305.80 ↑ +16%
Cigna PPO $306.68 ↑ +16%
Aetna Coventry $308.44 ↑ +17%
Aetna ASA $308.44 ↑ +17%
Healthsmart Commercial $330.00 ↑ +25%
Multiplan Commercial $382.80 ↑ +45%
USA MCO $387.20 ↑ +47%
Galaxy Commercial $387.20 ↑ +47%
Cigna Indemnity $414.04 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare All Payer $551.00 ↑ +109%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $629.86 ↑ +139%
United Healthcare Options PPO $722.00 ↑ +173%

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X-ray thoracolumbar spine including skull cervical & sacral spine 1 view at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PLANO Plano $187.70 $42.78 – $234.62
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano Plano $264.00 $42.78 – $46.20
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $187.70 $42.78 – $234.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $162.11 $33.37 – $243.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $317.59 $42.78 – $396.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $187.70 $42.78 – $234.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $162.11 $45.77 – $243.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $162.11 $42.78 – $243.17

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