Drainage external ear complex 69005 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.

$113.23 with United vs $30,818.00 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
United CHIP $113.23
United STARPerinate $113.23
United STARPLUS $113.23
United STARKids $113.23
United STAR $113.23
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $118.89
Amerigroup MGMCD $118.89
Amerigroup CHIP $118.89
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $124.55
Molina CHIP $124.55
Molina STAR+PLUS $124.55
Molina STARKIDS $124.55
Molina MCDSTAR $124.55
Aetna Better Health MCD $135.88
Aetna Better Health CHIP $135.88
Humana MGMCD $141.54
BCBS BluePremier $186.11
Humana COMM $384.15
BCBS MyBlueHealth $637.32
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $637.32
BCBS BlueEssentials $819.41
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $819.41
BCBS EPOSOA $860.91
BCBS PPO $901.08
WellMed MGMCR $1,667.42
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
United SmallGroup $2,074.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,129.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,259.00
Evry Health COMM $2,356.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Curative Administrators COMM $2,613.00
United AllPayerAppendix $3,150.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Oscar HIX $4,723.00
Cigna LocalPlus $21,804.00
Cigna NewBusiness $21,826.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $24,362.00
Cigna HMO $24,362.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $24,362.00
Cigna AllOther $30,818.00

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Drainage external ear complex 69005 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,541.97 $113.23 – $4,427.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $3,541.97 $113.23 – $4,427.47
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $2,428.35 $113.23 – $122.29
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $8,856.88 $167.36 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,541.97 $113.23 – $4,427.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,631.06 $71.00 – $5,446.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,996.52 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,631.06 $85.00 – $5,446.59

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