Esophagus motility study at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$3,240.17
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.
$3,240.17
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.
$215.65 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,080.73 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $215.65 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $215.65 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $215.65 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $215.65 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $215.65 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $295.14 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $343.92 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $343.92 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $415.90 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $431.30 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $502.16 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $536.05 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $609.04 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $609.04 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $639.06 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | PPO | $669.07 | ↓ -79% |
| Oscar | HIX | $673.96 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $733.21 | ↓ -77% |
| Humana | COMM | $753.36 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $754.78 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $788.67 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | COMM | $788.67 | ↓ -76% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $794.83 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $813.31 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $813.31 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | HMO | $908.82 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $908.82 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $908.82 | ↓ -72% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $924.22 | ↓ -71% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $924.22 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | OON | $924.22 | ↓ -71% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,041.29 | ↓ -68% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $1,149.11 | ↓ -65% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $1,232.29 | ↓ -62% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,259.00 | ↓ -61% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,296.07 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,367.84 | ↓ -58% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,386.33 | ↓ -57% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,386.33 | ↓ -57% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,454.00 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,540.37 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,623.54 | ↓ -50% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,694.40 | ↓ -48% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,694.40 | ↓ -48% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,694.40 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,694.40 | ↓ -48% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,786.82 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $1,863.84 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $1,863.84 | ↓ -42% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $2,002.47 | ↓ -38% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $2,156.51 | ↓ -33% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $2,156.51 | ↓ -33% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $2,156.51 | ↓ -33% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,174.00 | ↓ -33% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $2,310.55 | ↓ -29% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,310.55 | ↓ -29% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $2,464.58 | ↓ -24% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $2,464.58 | ↓ -24% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $2,618.62 | ↓ -19% |
| Unicare | MCD | $3,080.73 | ↓ -5% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $3,080.73 | ↓ -5% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $3,080.73 | ↓ -5% |
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Esophagus motility study at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,257.17 | $292.64 – $1,571.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $1,257.17 | $356.12 – $1,571.47 |
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | $771.00 | $169.83 – $169.83 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,257.17 | $356.12 – $1,571.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,153.75 | $237.48 – $1,730.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,681.16 | $336.23 – $2,101.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,153.75 | $356.12 – $1,730.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,153.75 | $596.10 – $1,730.62 |