Extraction of lens 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 $17,761.00 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.

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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 $849.94
United STARPerinate $849.94
United STARPLUS $849.94
United STARKids $849.94
United STAR $849.94
Amerigroup CHIP $892.44
Amerigroup MGMCD $892.44
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $892.44
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $934.93
Molina CHIP $934.93
Molina STAR+PLUS $934.93
Molina STARKIDS $934.93
Molina MCDSTAR $934.93
Aetna Better Health MCD $1,019.93
Aetna Better Health CHIP $1,019.93
Humana MGMCD $1,062.43
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
United SmallGroup $2,074.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,129.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,259.00
WellMed MGMCR $2,329.93
Evry Health COMM $2,356.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Curative Administrators COMM $2,613.00
BCBS BluePremier $2,810.39
United AllPayerAppendix $3,150.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,084.16
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $4,084.16
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Oscar HIX $4,723.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $4,832.25
BCBS BlueEssentials $4,832.25
BCBS EPOSOA $5,074.87
BCBS PPO $5,317.49
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $7,092.00
Humana COMM $11,743.00
Cigna LocalPlus $12,566.00
Cigna NewBusiness $12,579.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $14,040.00
Cigna HMO $14,040.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $14,040.00
Cigna AllOther $17,761.00

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Extraction of lens at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,523.23 $849.94 – $5,772.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $2,523.23 $849.94 – $4,984.43
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $849.94 – $917.94
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,523.23 $849.94 – $5,772.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,388.93 $71.00 – $5,772.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,275.17 $71.00 – $5,772.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,388.93 $85.00 – $5,772.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,388.93 $849.94 – $5,772.91

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