Esophagoscopy rigid balloon at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
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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.
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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.
$1,119.26 with United vs $17,761.00 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.
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 |
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| United | STARKids | $1,119.26 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $1,119.26 | — |
| United | CHIP | $1,119.26 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $1,119.26 | — |
| United | STAR | $1,119.26 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $1,175.22 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $1,175.22 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $1,175.22 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $1,231.19 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $1,231.19 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $1,231.19 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $1,231.19 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $1,231.19 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $1,343.11 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $1,343.11 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $1,399.08 | — |
| 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 | Meritain | $3,682.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $3,682.00 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $3,892.41 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $4,168.72 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $4,332.00 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $4,723.00 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $6,058.14 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $6,058.14 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $7,113.00 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $7,167.80 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $7,167.80 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $7,527.69 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $7,887.58 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $12,566.00 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $12,579.00 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $14,040.00 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $14,040.00 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $14,040.00 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $17,761.00 | — |
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Esophagoscopy rigid balloon at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | not published | $1,119.26 – $1,208.80 |
| Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital | The Woodlands | $979.50 | $3,873.04 – $7,746.08 |
| Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital | Cypress | $979.50 | $3,873.04 – $7,552.43 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $979.50 | $3,873.04 – $7,552.43 |
| Houston Methodist Continuing Care Hospital | Katy | $979.50 | $3,894.00 – $7,542.00 |
| Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital | Nassau Bay | $979.50 | $1,739.47 – $7,552.43 |
| Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $979.50 | $3,873.04 – $7,552.43 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $979.50 | $3,873.04 – $15,492.17 |