Bone tendon board add on 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.

$125.14 with Cigna vs $958.25 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
Cigna IFP $125.14
Cigna QHP $129.78
United OptionsPPO $161.30
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $228.97
BCBS MyBlueHealth $228.97
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $278.10
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $278.10
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $295.71
BCBS BlueEssentials $295.71
BCBS EPOSOA $310.55
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $313.33
BCBS PPO $324.45
Prominence Health Plan HIX $370.80
BCBS Traditional $411.59
City of McKinney COMM $417.15
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $463.50
Aetna ASA $488.53
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $509.85
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $509.85
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $509.85
Aetna WCOMP $509.85
Averde Health, Inc PPO $537.66
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $560.84
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $560.84
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $602.55
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $648.90
Cigna LocalPlus $678.01
Cigna NewBusiness $678.69
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $695.25
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $695.25
USA Managed Care COMM $741.60
USC Health Services COMM $741.60
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $757.46
Cigna NetworkBenefit $757.46
Cigna HMO $757.46
Galaxy Health Network PPO $787.95
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $927.00
Unicare MCD $927.00
Independent Medical Systems COMM $927.00
Cigna AllOther $958.25

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Bone tendon board add on at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $7,857.60 not published
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $5,096.00 $271.16 – $271.16
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $10,838.31 $320.87 – $23,224.95
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $12,740.24 $320.87 – $23,950.19
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $12,740.24 $320.87 – $23,950.19
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $12,740.24 $320.87 – $23,950.19
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $12,740.24 $320.87 – $23,950.19
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen $7,857.60 not published

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