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.

$1,995.00 with Fidelis SecureCare vs $17,431.00 with Cigna — 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 STARKids $2,819.34
United STAR $2,819.34
United CHIP $2,819.34
United STARPLUS $2,819.34
United STARPerinate $2,819.34
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $2,960.31
Amerigroup MGMCD $2,960.31
Amerigroup CHIP $2,960.31
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $3,101.27
Molina STAR+PLUS $3,101.27
Molina STARKIDS $3,101.27
Molina MCDSTAR $3,101.27
Molina CHIP $3,101.27
Aetna Better Health MCD $3,383.21
Aetna Better Health CHIP $3,383.21
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Humana MGMCD $3,524.18
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 MyBlueHealth $9,764.09
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $9,764.09
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $9,929.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $10,089.00
Humana COMM $10,570.00
United SmallGroup $10,730.00
WellMed MGMCR $10,731.66
BCBS BlueEssentials $11,552.57
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $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

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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $8,456.40 $2,819.34 – $3,044.89
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $5,961.90 $4,833.48 – $10,295.80
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $12,366.52 $2,762.95 – $10,731.66
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $8,487.50 $5,460.00 – $24,250.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $1,594.60 $1,160.87 – $9,112.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $8,487.50 $5,460.00 – $24,250.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $8,487.50 $5,460.00 – $24,250.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $1,594.60 $5,011.60 – $9,112.00

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