Bronchoscopy treat blockage 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.

$1,062.24 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 CHIP $1,062.24
United STARPerinate $1,062.24
United STARPLUS $1,062.24
United STARKids $1,062.24
United STAR $1,062.24
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $1,115.35
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,115.35
Amerigroup CHIP $1,115.35
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $1,168.46
Molina CHIP $1,168.46
Molina STAR+PLUS $1,168.46
Molina STARKIDS $1,168.46
Molina MCDSTAR $1,168.46
Aetna Better Health MCD $1,274.69
Aetna Better Health CHIP $1,274.69
Humana MGMCD $1,327.80
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Cigna LocalPlus $2,700.00
Cigna NewBusiness $2,702.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $3,016.00
Cigna HMO $3,016.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3,016.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
WellMed MGMCR $3,764.06
Cigna AllOther $3,816.00
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,972.00
BCBS BluePremier $4,082.30
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Humana COMM $4,926.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,475.00
Curative Administrators COMM $5,849.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $5,932.56
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $5,932.56
Evry Health COMM $6,054.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $7,019.21
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $7,019.21
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7,083.00
Oscar HIX $7,168.00
BCBS EPOSOA $7,371.64
United SmallGroup $7,449.00
BCBS PPO $7,724.07
United AllPayerAppendix $10,918.00

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Bronchoscopy treat blockage at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $2,229.00 $1,062.24 – $1,147.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco not published $1,062.24 – $9,276.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco not published $1,062.24 – $8,052.48
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen $2,229.00 $1,062.24 – $1,147.22
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $2,229.00 $1,062.24 – $1,168.46
Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital Arlington $2,229.00 $1,062.24 – $1,168.46
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton Denton $2,229.00 $1,062.24 – $1,168.46
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano Plano $2,229.00 $1,062.24 – $1,147.22

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