Ghs moderate sedation < 5 yr, 30 min 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

$138.06

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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$138.06

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.

$9.66 with Superior Health Plan vs $362.33 with Humana — 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $9.66 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $9.66 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $9.66 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $9.66 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $9.66 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $18.64 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $19.33 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $22.50 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $24.02 ↓ -83%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $26.23 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $28.72 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $32.86 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $33.82 ↓ -76%
Aetna Meritain $35.34 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $35.34 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $35.62 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $36.45 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $36.45 ↓ -74%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $40.73 ↓ -70%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $40.73 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $40.73 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $41.42 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $41.42 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $41.42 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $46.66 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $51.50 ↓ -63%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $55.22 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $55.22 ↓ -60%
BCBS BluePremier $61.24 ↓ -56%
BCBS Traditional $61.30 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $62.13 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $62.13 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $69.03 ↓ -50%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $71.36 ↓ -48%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $71.36 ↓ -48%
Aetna ASA $72.76 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $75.93 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $75.93 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $75.93 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $75.93 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $80.07 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $83.53 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $83.53 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $89.74 ↓ -35%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $96.64 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $96.64 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $96.64 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $103.55 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $103.55 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $110.45 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $110.45 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $117.35 ↓ -15%
BCBS BlueEssentials $126.38 ↓ -8%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $126.38 ↓ -8%
BCBS EPOSOA $132.60 ↓ -4%
Unicare MCD $138.06 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $138.06 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $138.06 ↑ +0%
BCBS PPO $138.83 ↑ +1%
Humana COMM $362.33 ↑ +162%

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Ghs moderate sedation < 5 yr, 30 min at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $240.00 $60.72 – $340.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $240.00 $79.67 – $340.00
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $228.45 $31.58 – $31.58
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,290.89 $99.91 – $99.91
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $240.00 $68.00 – $340.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $240.00 $49.40 – $360.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $240.00 $48.00 – $300.00
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