Brachytx isodose complex 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.

$530.79 with Aetna vs $1,222.29 with BCBS — 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
Aetna QHPHIX $530.79
BCBS BluePremier $614.69
Aetna NewBusiness $727.76
Aetna Meritain $779.60
Aetna COMM $779.60
BCBS MyBlueHealth $827.47
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $827.47
Humana COMM $846.22
Aetna OON $914.37
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,111.17
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,111.17
BCBS EPOSOA $1,167.91
BCBS PPO $1,222.29

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Brachytx isodose complex at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $705.45 $188.12 – $915.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $705.45 $329.21 – $881.81
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $2,599.35 $910.22 – $910.22
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $705.45 $199.88 – $915.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,842.35 $379.22 – $2,763.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,484.81 $296.96 – $1,856.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,842.35 $357.33 – $2,763.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,842.35 $915.33 – $2,763.52

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