Ablation cryo pq liver tumor(s) 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

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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.

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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.

$1,995.00 with Fidelis SecureCare vs $43,945.18 with Humana — 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
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
United STARPLUS $2,813.82
United STAR $2,813.82
United CHIP $2,813.82
United STARKids $2,813.82
United STARPerinate $2,813.82
Amerigroup CHIP $2,954.51
Amerigroup MGMCD $2,954.51
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $2,954.51
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $3,095.20
Molina STAR+PLUS $3,095.20
Molina STARKIDS $3,095.20
Molina MCDSTAR $3,095.20
Molina CHIP $3,095.20
Aetna Better Health MCD $3,376.58
Aetna Better Health CHIP $3,376.58
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Humana MGMCD $3,517.28
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
BCBS BluePremier $6,718.86
Oscar HIX $8,024.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $8,517.00
Curative Administrators COMM $8,778.00
Evry Health COMM $9,417.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $9,764.09
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9,764.09
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $10,089.00
United SmallGroup $10,730.00
WellMed MGMCR $10,731.66
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $11,552.57
BCBS BlueEssentials $11,552.57
BCBS EPOSOA $12,132.61
Cigna LocalPlus $12,333.00
Cigna NewBusiness $12,346.00
BCBS PPO $12,712.66
Cigna NetworkBenefit $13,780.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $13,780.00
Cigna HMO $13,780.00
United AllPayerAppendix $16,960.00
Cigna AllOther $17,431.00
Humana COMM $43,945.18

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Ablation cryo pq liver tumor(s) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $8,581.80 $2,813.82 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $8,581.80 $2,813.82 – $22,958.28
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $2,813.82 – $3,038.93
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $8,581.80 $2,813.82 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $7,512.59 $71.00 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $7,014.56 $71.00 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $7,512.59 $85.00 – $25,500.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $7,512.59 $2,813.82 – $25,500.18

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