Strapping of elbow or wrist 29260 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

$163.51

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$163.51

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.

$11.45 with Superior Health Plan 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.

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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 $11.45 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $11.45 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $11.45 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $11.45 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $11.45 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $22.07 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $22.89 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $28.45 ↓ -83%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $40.39 ↓ -75%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $40.39 ↓ -75%
BCBS BluePremier $46.47 ↓ -72%
BCBS BlueEssentials $52.16 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $52.16 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $54.78 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $55.27 ↓ -66%
BCBS PPO $57.23 ↓ -65%
WellMed MGMCR $59.56 ↓ -64%
Humana COMM $70.03 ↓ -57%
BCBS Traditional $72.60 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASA $86.17 ↓ -47%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $98.92 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $98.92 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $114.46 ↓ -30%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,259.00 ↑ +670%
United SmallGroup $1,454.00 ↑ +789%
Cigna LocalPlus $1,572.00 ↑ +861%
Cigna NewBusiness $1,574.00 ↑ +863%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00 ↑ +923%
Cigna HMO $1,757.00 ↑ +975%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,757.00 ↑ +975%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,757.00 ↑ +975%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00 ↑ +1120%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00 ↑ +1165%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00 ↑ +1230%
Cigna AllOther $2,222.00 ↑ +1259%
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00 ↑ +1299%
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00 ↑ +1437%
Oscar HIX $2,636.00 ↑ +1512%
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00 ↑ +2007%
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00 ↑ +2152%
Aetna COMM $3,682.00 ↑ +2152%
Aetna OON $4,332.00 ↑ +2549%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $215.27 $56.30 – $269.09
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