Proctosigmoidoscopy w/stent 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.

$1,995.00 with Fidelis SecureCare vs $12,573.58 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
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
United CHIP $2,179.56
United STARPerinate $2,179.56
United STARPLUS $2,179.56
United STARKids $2,179.56
United STAR $2,179.56
Amerigroup CHIP $2,288.54
Amerigroup MGMCD $2,288.54
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $2,288.54
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $2,397.52
Molina CHIP $2,397.52
Molina STAR+PLUS $2,397.52
Molina STARKIDS $2,397.52
Molina MCDSTAR $2,397.52
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Cigna LocalPlus $2,514.00
Cigna NewBusiness $2,515.00
Aetna Better Health MCD $2,615.47
Aetna Better Health CHIP $2,615.47
Humana MGMCD $2,724.45
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2,808.00
Cigna HMO $2,808.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,808.00
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,838.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Cigna AllOther $3,553.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Humana COMM $4,116.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,475.00
Curative Administrators COMM $5,849.00
Evry Health COMM $6,054.00
WellMed MGMCR $6,129.05
BCBS BluePremier $6,645.35
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7,083.00
Oscar HIX $7,168.00
United SmallGroup $7,449.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $9,657.28
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9,657.28
United AllPayerAppendix $10,918.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $11,426.18
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $11,426.18
BCBS EPOSOA $11,999.88
BCBS PPO $12,573.58

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Proctosigmoidoscopy w/stent at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $2,179.56 – $2,353.92
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $5,976.04 – $8,715.36
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $2,179.56 – $2,397.00
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $2,135.97 – $7,649.33
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $2,338.76 – $9,800.70
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $1,000.00 – $10,183.17
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $2,135.97 – $8,318.64
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $2,135.97 – $8,509.88

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