Remove esophagus obstruction at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$842.82
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.
$842.82
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.
$59.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $842.82 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $59.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $59.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $59.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $59.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $59.00 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $72.91 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $80.26 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $80.26 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | IFP | $113.78 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $117.99 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $146.65 | ↓ -83% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $160.14 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $172.75 | ↓ -80% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $206.49 | ↓ -76% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $217.45 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $222.50 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $222.50 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $236.85 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $238.34 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $238.34 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $248.63 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | HMO | $248.63 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $248.63 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $249.98 | ↓ -70% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $252.85 | ↓ -70% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $252.85 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | COMM | $253.72 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $253.72 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | PPO | $261.62 | ↓ -69% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $284.87 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | OON | $297.59 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $314.37 | ↓ -63% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $337.13 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $337.13 | ↓ -60% |
| Humana | COMM | $373.67 | ↓ -56% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $374.21 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $379.27 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $379.27 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $421.41 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $444.17 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $463.55 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $463.55 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $463.55 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $463.55 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $488.84 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $509.91 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $509.91 | ↓ -39% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $547.83 | ↓ -35% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $589.97 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $589.97 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $589.97 | ↓ -30% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $632.12 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $632.12 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $674.26 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $674.26 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $716.40 | ↓ -15% |
| Unicare | MCD | $842.82 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $842.82 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $842.82 | ↑ +0% |
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