Biliary endoscopy thru skin 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.

$1,559.13 with United vs $10,918.00 with United — 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
United STARPLUS $1,559.13
United CHIP $1,559.13
United STARPerinate $1,559.13
United STAR $1,559.13
United STARKids $1,559.13
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $1,637.09
Amerigroup CHIP $1,637.09
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,637.09
Molina STARKIDS $1,715.04
Molina CHIP $1,715.04
Molina STAR+PLUS $1,715.04
Molina MCDSTAR $1,715.04
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $1,715.04
Aetna Better Health CHIP $1,870.96
Aetna Better Health MCD $1,870.96
Humana MGMCD $1,948.91
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
WellMed MGMCR $3,614.70
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
BCBS BluePremier $4,321.98
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Oscar HIX $5,381.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,475.00
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $5,674.00
Curative Administrators COMM $5,849.00
Evry Health COMM $6,054.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6,280.87
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $6,280.87
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7,083.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $7,431.32
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $7,431.32
United SmallGroup $7,449.00
Cigna LocalPlus $7,679.00
Cigna NewBusiness $7,687.00
BCBS EPOSOA $7,804.44
BCBS PPO $8,177.56
Cigna NetworkBenefit $8,580.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $8,580.00
Cigna HMO $8,580.00
Humana COMM $9,302.00
Cigna AllOther $10,853.00
United AllPayerAppendix $10,918.00

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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,676.24 $1,559.13 – $13,982.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $2,676.24 $1,559.13 – $13,982.14
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $2,571.00 $1,559.13 – $1,683.86
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,676.24 $1,559.13 – $13,982.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,478.00 $510.06 – $8,570.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,478.00 $1,628.87 – $9,722.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,478.00 $1,559.13 – $8,570.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,676.24 $1,559.13 – $13,982.14

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