An fluoro guide for cvp 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.

$70.44 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,006.32 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 STARHealth $70.44
Superior Health Plan CHIP $70.44
Superior Health Plan STARKids $70.44
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $70.44
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $70.44
BCBS BluePremier $86.63
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $95.37
BCBS MyBlueHealth $95.37
Cigna IFP $135.85
Cigna QHP $140.88
Aetna QHPHIX $142.87
United OptionsPPO $175.10
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $191.20
Aetna NewBusiness $195.89
Aetna Meritain $209.85
Aetna COMM $209.85
Aetna OON $246.12
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $246.55
Evry Health COMM $259.63
Humana COMM $263.29
Cigna NewBusiness $265.67
Cigna LocalPlus $265.67
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $283.19
BCBS BlueEssentials $283.19
Cigna NetworkBenefit $296.86
Cigna HMO $296.86
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $296.86
BCBS EPOSOA $297.02
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $301.90
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $301.90
BCBS PPO $310.86
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $340.14
Cigna AllOther $375.36
Curative Administrators COMM $402.53
Prominence Health Plan HIX $402.53
BCBS Traditional $446.81
City of McKinney COMM $452.84
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $452.84
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $503.16
Aetna ASA $530.33
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $553.48
Aetna WCOMP $553.48
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $553.48
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $553.48
Averde Health, Inc PPO $583.67
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $608.82
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $608.82
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $654.11
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $704.42
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $704.42
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $704.42
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $754.74
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $754.74
USC Health Services COMM $805.06
USA Managed Care COMM $805.06
Galaxy Health Network PPO $855.37
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,006.32
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,006.32
Unicare MCD $1,006.32

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An fluoro guide for cvp at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $604.24 $161.13 – $856.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $604.24 $145.60 – $856.00
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $537.90 $112.48 – $112.48
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $604.24 $145.60 – $856.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $549.76 $113.16 – $824.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $754.13 $150.83 – $942.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $549.76 $176.47 – $824.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $549.76 $284.04 – $824.63

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