Puncture aspiration abscess/hematoma/bulla/cyst at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$2,173.28
Cash price 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.
$2,173.28
Gross charge 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.
$67.83 with United vs $4,332.00 with Aetna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | STAR | $67.83 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARPerinate | $67.83 | ↓ -97% |
| United | CHIP | $67.83 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARPLUS | $67.83 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARKids | $67.83 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $71.22 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $71.22 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $71.22 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | CHIP | $74.61 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $74.61 | ↓ -97% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $74.61 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $74.61 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $74.61 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $81.40 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $81.40 | ↓ -96% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $84.79 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $115.88 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $152.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $152.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $152.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $152.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $152.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | COMM | $236.72 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $293.39 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $304.26 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $378.15 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $396.84 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $396.84 | ↓ -82% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $410.41 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $510.22 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $510.22 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $536.07 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | PPO | $561.08 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $734.57 | ↓ -66% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $869.31 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $964.94 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,145.32 | ↓ -47% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,259.00 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $1,314.83 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $1,314.83 | ↓ -40% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,454.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $1,521.30 | ↓ -30% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $1,572.00 | ↓ -28% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $1,574.00 | ↓ -28% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,672.00 | ↓ -23% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,757.00 | ↓ -19% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $1,757.00 | ↓ -19% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,757.00 | ↓ -19% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,995.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,069.00 | ↓ -5% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $2,173.28 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,173.28 | ↑ +0% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,174.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $2,222.00 | ↑ +2% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $2,287.00 | ↑ +5% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $2,513.00 | ↑ +16% |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,636.00 | ↑ +21% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $3,445.00 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | COMM | $3,682.00 | ↑ +69% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $3,682.00 | ↑ +69% |
| Aetna | OON | $4,332.00 | ↑ +99% |
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Puncture aspiration abscess/hematoma/bulla/cyst at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $645.13 | $67.83 – $987.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $645.13 | $67.83 – $878.00 |
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | $484.50 | $67.83 – $73.26 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $645.13 | $67.83 – $987.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $581.36 | $71.00 – $987.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $673.86 | $67.83 – $987.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $581.36 | $72.58 – $987.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $581.36 | $67.83 – $987.79 |