Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery 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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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.

$659.94 with United vs $6,600.00 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 STARKids $659.94
United STARPerinate $659.94
United STARPLUS $659.94
United CHIP $659.94
United STAR $659.94
Amerigroup CHIP $692.94
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $692.94
Amerigroup MGMCD $692.94
Molina CHIP $725.93
Molina STARKIDS $725.93
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $725.93
Molina MCDSTAR $725.93
Molina STAR+PLUS $725.93
Aetna Better Health MCD $791.93
Aetna Better Health CHIP $791.93
Humana MGMCD $824.93
WellMed MGMCR $1,971.43
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2,369.00
BCBS BluePremier $2,389.90
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Cigna LocalPlus $2,700.00
Cigna NewBusiness $2,702.00
Cigna HMO $3,016.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3,016.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $3,016.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,473.09
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $3,473.09
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $3,650.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Cigna AllOther $3,816.00
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,972.00
Evry Health COMM $4,036.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $4,109.25
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $4,109.25
BCBS EPOSOA $4,315.57
Aetna OON $4,332.00
BCBS PPO $4,521.89
United SmallGroup $4,539.00
Curative Administrators COMM $4,807.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4,914.00
Humana COMM $4,926.00
Oscar HIX $5,381.00
United AllPayerAppendix $6,600.00

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Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco not published $659.94 – $5,020.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco not published $659.94 – $5,020.00
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $659.94 – $712.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $5,480.09 $71.00 – $7,611.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,899.19 $71.00 – $4,873.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $5,480.09 $85.00 – $7,611.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $5,480.09 $659.94 – $7,611.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $3,899.19 $71.00 – $5,848.78

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