Treat thigh fracture 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.

$1,777.85 with BCBS vs $30,818.00 with Cigna — 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
BCBS BluePremier $1,777.85
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,129.00
Evry Health COMM $2,356.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Oscar HIX $4,723.00
Curative Administrators COMM $7,799.00
United SmallGroup $8,696.00
Humana COMM $8,739.68
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $10,011.00
United AllPayerAppendix $14,420.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $16,409.95
BCBS BlueEssentials $16,409.95
BCBS EPOSOA $17,228.53
BCBS MyBlueHealth $17,688.98
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $17,688.98
BCBS PPO $18,034.32
Cigna LocalPlus $21,804.00
Cigna NewBusiness $21,826.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $24,362.00
Cigna HMO $24,362.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $24,362.00
Cigna AllOther $30,818.00
WellMed MGMCR not published by hospital

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Treat thigh fracture at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco not published $1,586.00 – $15,671.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $10,964.16 $2,008.08 – $16,446.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $10,964.16 $2,455.74 – $16,446.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $10,964.16 $5,664.82 – $16,446.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $10,964.16 $2,008.08 – $13,705.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $10,964.16 $2,008.08 – $16,446.24
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $1,598.79 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas not published $2,161.56 – $15,671.95

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