Cataract 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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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.

$849.94 with United vs $17,175.00 with Humana — 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 STARPLUS $849.94
United CHIP $849.94
United STARPerinate $849.94
United STAR $849.94
United STARKids $849.94
Amerigroup CHIP $892.44
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $892.44
Amerigroup MGMCD $892.44
Molina MCDSTAR $934.93
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $934.93
Molina CHIP $934.93
Molina STAR+PLUS $934.93
Molina STARKIDS $934.93
Aetna Better Health CHIP $1,019.93
Aetna Better Health MCD $1,019.93
Humana MGMCD $1,062.43
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
WellMed MGMCR $2,329.93
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
BCBS BluePremier $2,810.39
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $3,650.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Evry Health COMM $4,036.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $4,084.16
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,084.16
Aetna OON $4,332.00
United SmallGroup $4,539.00
Curative Administrators COMM $4,807.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $4,832.25
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $4,832.25
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4,914.00
BCBS EPOSOA $5,074.87
BCBS PPO $5,317.49
Oscar HIX $5,381.00
Cigna LocalPlus $6,051.00
Cigna NewBusiness $6,057.00
United AllPayerAppendix $6,600.00
Cigna HMO $6,760.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $6,760.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $6,760.00
Cigna AllOther $8,552.00
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $9,219.00
Humana COMM $17,175.00

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Cataract Surgery at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $849.94 – $917.94
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $19,639.33 $2,527.33 – $6,108.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,351.77 $71.00 – $7,521.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $4,301.64 $71.00 – $7,521.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,351.77 $85.00 – $7,521.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,351.77 $849.94 – $5,772.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $4,301.64 $71.00 – $7,521.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $2,351.77 $71.00 – $7,521.00

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