Esophageal recording at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$2,112.54
Cash price 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.
$2,112.54
Gross charge 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.
$285.19 with Cigna vs $43,890.00 with Curative Administrators — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | IFP | $285.19 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $295.76 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $344.34 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $367.58 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $502.78 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | COMM | $540.81 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $540.81 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $557.71 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $557.71 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | HMO | $623.20 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $623.20 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $623.20 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | OON | $633.76 | ↓ -70% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $633.76 | ↓ -70% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $633.76 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $714.04 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $787.98 | ↓ -63% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $845.02 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $937.97 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $950.64 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,056.27 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,113.31 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,161.90 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,161.90 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,161.90 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,161.90 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,225.27 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $1,278.09 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $1,278.09 | ↓ -39% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $1,373.15 | ↓ -35% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $1,478.78 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $1,478.78 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $1,478.78 | ↓ -30% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $1,584.40 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,584.40 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $1,690.03 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $1,690.03 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,795.66 | ↓ -15% |
| Unicare | MCD | $2,112.54 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,112.54 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $2,112.54 | ↑ +0% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $2,518.28 | ↑ +19% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $2,715.79 | ↑ +29% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $2,715.79 | ↑ +29% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $4,809.42 | ↑ +128% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $4,809.42 | ↑ +128% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $5,046.43 | ↑ +139% |
| BCBS | PPO | $5,283.45 | ↑ +150% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $5,591.00 | ↑ +165% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $5,591.00 | ↑ +165% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $5,591.00 | ↑ +165% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $5,591.00 | ↑ +165% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $5,591.00 | ↑ +165% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $8,300.00 | ↑ +293% |
| United | SmallGroup | $24,000.00 | ↑ +1036% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $25,253.00 | ↑ +1095% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $26,766.00 | ↑ +1167% |
| Humana | COMM | $27,514.00 | ↑ +1202% |
| Oscar | HIX | $29,429.00 | ↑ +1293% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $29,597.00 | ↑ +1301% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $33,939.00 | ↑ +1507% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $43,890.00 | ↑ +1978% |
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Esophageal recording at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $10,799.87 | $2,310.89 – $2,310.89 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $10,705.42 | $2,310.89 – $2,310.89 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | $5,148.49 | $2,310.89 – $2,310.89 |
| Ascension Providence | Waco | $1,710.81 | $1,639.31 – $2,439.27 |
| Texas Health Hospital Mansfield | Mansfield | $13,038.15 | $1,223.09 – $2,761.00 |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $1,980.36 | $816.45 – $4,098.37 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $1,980.36 | $816.45 – $4,098.37 |
| Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) | Smithville | $7,178.13 | $816.45 – $4,098.37 |