Fragmenting of kidney stone 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.

$1,142.90 with United vs $16,960.00 with United — 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 $1,142.90
United STARPerinate $1,142.90
United STARPLUS $1,142.90
United STARKids $1,142.90
United STAR $1,142.90
Amerigroup CHIP $1,200.05
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,200.05
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $1,200.05
Molina STAR+PLUS $1,257.19
Molina CHIP $1,257.19
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $1,257.19
Molina MCDSTAR $1,257.19
Molina STARKIDS $1,257.19
Aetna Better Health CHIP $1,371.48
Aetna Better Health MCD $1,371.48
Humana MGMCD $1,428.63
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2,843.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $2,843.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2,843.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2,843.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $2,843.00
WellMed MGMCR $3,558.75
BCBS BluePremier $4,195.77
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $4,200.00
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $4,200.00
Bravo Health MCRPOS $4,200.00
Bravo Health MCRPPO $4,200.00
Bravo Health MCRSNP $4,200.00
Bravo Health MCRHMO $4,200.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6,097.45
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $6,097.45
BCBS BlueEssentials $7,214.31
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $7,214.31
BCBS EPOSOA $7,576.54
BCBS PPO $7,938.76
Aetna QHPHIX $8,456.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $8,517.00
Oscar HIX $8,560.00
Evry Health COMM $9,907.00
Cigna LocalPlus $9,967.00
Cigna NewBusiness $9,977.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $10,089.00
United SmallGroup $10,730.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $11,136.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,136.00
Cigna HMO $11,136.00
Aetna NewBusiness $11,586.00
Aetna COMM $12,379.00
Aetna Meritain $12,379.00
Curative Administrators COMM $12,436.00
Cigna AllOther $14,088.00
Aetna OON $14,565.00
United AllPayerAppendix $16,960.00
Humana COMM not published by hospital

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Fragmenting of kidney stone at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $13,091.90 $1,142.90 – $12,306.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $13,091.90 $1,142.90 – $12,306.00
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $18,406.05 $1,142.90 – $1,234.33
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $13,091.90 $1,142.90 – $10,982.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $12,835.46 $71.00 – $12,407.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $13,092.17 $71.00 – $10,982.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $12,835.46 $85.00 – $12,407.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $12,835.46 $1,142.90 – $10,696.22

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