Intrapul surf admin endo tube 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

$538.25

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.

$538.25

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.

$37.68 with Superior Health Plan vs $984.19 with BCBS — 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 STARHealth $37.68 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $37.68 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $37.68 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $37.68 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $37.68 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $72.66 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $75.36 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $87.73 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $93.66 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $111.96 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $128.10 ↓ -76%
Aetna Meritain $137.79 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $137.79 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $161.47 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $161.47 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $161.47 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $181.93 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $215.30 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $238.98 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $242.21 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $242.21 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $269.13 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $283.66 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $296.04 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $296.04 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $296.04 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $296.04 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $312.19 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $325.64 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $325.64 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $349.86 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $376.77 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $376.77 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $376.77 ↓ -30%
Humana COMM $399.32 ↓ -26%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $403.69 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $403.69 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $430.60 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $430.60 ↓ -20%
BCBS BluePremier $434.15 ↓ -19%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $457.51 ↓ -15%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $505.89 ↓ -6%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $505.89 ↓ -6%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $538.25 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $538.25 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $538.25 ↑ +0%
BCBS BlueEssentials $895.89 ↑ +66%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $895.89 ↑ +66%
BCBS EPOSOA $940.04 ↑ +75%
BCBS PPO $984.19 ↑ +83%

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Intrapul surf admin endo tube at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $220.80 $58.88 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $220.80 $103.04 – $472.94
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $155.55 $249.82 – $249.82
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $220.80 $62.56 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $296.29 $60.99 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $274.29 $54.86 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $296.29 $95.11 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $296.29 $153.08 – $528.37

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