2nd order venous cath at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL

5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$6,866.45

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.

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$6,866.45

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.

$429.15 with Superior Health Plan vs $6,130.76 with Unicare — 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $429.15 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $429.15 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $429.15 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $429.15 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $429.15 ↓ -94%
Cigna IFP $827.65 ↓ -88%
Cigna QHP $858.31 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $1,066.75 ↓ -84%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $1,164.84 ↓ -83%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,259.00 ↓ -82%
United SmallGroup $1,454.00 ↓ -79%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,514.30 ↓ -78%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,514.30 ↓ -78%
Cigna NewBusiness $1,618.52 ↓ -76%
Cigna LocalPlus $1,618.52 ↓ -76%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00 ↓ -76%
BCBS BluePremier $1,790.18 ↓ -74%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,808.57 ↓ -74%
Cigna HMO $1,808.57 ↓ -74%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,808.57 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $1,839.23 ↓ -73%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $1,839.23 ↓ -73%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,955.71 ↓ -72%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,955.71 ↓ -72%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00 ↓ -71%
BCBS EPOSOA $2,053.80 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,072.20 ↓ -70%
BCBS PPO $2,145.77 ↓ -69%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00 ↓ -68%
Cigna AllOther $2,286.77 ↓ -67%
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00 ↓ -67%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $2,452.30 ↓ -64%
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00 ↓ -63%
Oscar HIX $2,636.00 ↓ -62%
BCBS Traditional $2,722.06 ↓ -60%
City of McKinney COMM $2,758.84 ↓ -60%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,065.38 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASA $3,230.91 ↓ -53%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,371.92 ↓ -51%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,371.92 ↓ -51%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,371.92 ↓ -51%
Aetna WCOMP $3,371.92 ↓ -51%
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00 ↓ -50%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,555.84 ↓ -48%
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00 ↓ -46%
Aetna COMM $3,682.00 ↓ -46%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $3,709.11 ↓ -46%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $3,709.11 ↓ -46%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $3,984.99 ↓ -42%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $4,291.53 ↓ -38%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $4,291.53 ↓ -38%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $4,291.53 ↓ -38%
Aetna OON $4,332.00 ↓ -37%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $4,598.07 ↓ -33%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,598.07 ↓ -33%
Humana COMM $4,609.06 ↓ -33%
USC Health Services COMM $4,904.61 ↓ -29%
USA Managed Care COMM $4,904.61 ↓ -29%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $5,211.15 ↓ -24%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $6,130.76 ↓ -11%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $6,130.76 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $6,130.76 ↓ -11%
WellMed MGMCR not published by hospital

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2nd order venous cath at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,806.24 $748.33 – $3,975.51
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Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $1,035.30 not published
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,806.24 $795.10 – $3,975.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,725.72 $71.00 – $4,088.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,128.64 $71.00 – $2,660.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,725.72 $85.00 – $4,088.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,725.72 $1,408.29 – $4,088.57

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