Biopsy muscle percutaneous needle at Texas Health Hospital Frisco

12400 Dallas Parkway, Frisco, TX · Texashealth · · NPI 1104381292

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 21, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$1,459.95

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.

$2,433.25

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.

$486.45 with Parkland vs $11,469.45 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — 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
Parkland Managed Medicaid $486.45 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $486.45 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $486.45 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $486.45 ↓ -67%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $510.77 ↓ -65%
Molina Managed Medicaid $525.37 ↓ -64%
Aetna Whole Health $939.72 ↓ -36%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $1,143.63 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $1,253.12 ↓ -14%
Cigna OAP/HMO $1,345.10 ↓ -8%
Quick Trip Commercial $1,459.95 ↑ +0%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $1,485.50 ↑ +2%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $1,659.12 ↑ +14%
American Health Medicare Advantage $1,659.12 ↑ +14%
PHCS PPO $1,691.11 ↑ +16%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $1,692.31 ↑ +16%
Cigna PPO $1,695.98 ↑ +16%
Aetna Coventry $1,705.71 ↑ +17%
Aetna ASA $1,705.71 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $1,725.36 ↑ +18%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,725.49 ↑ +18%
Molina Medicare Advantage $1,742.08 ↑ +19%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $1,742.08 ↑ +19%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $1,742.08 ↑ +19%
Healthsmart Commercial $1,824.94 ↑ +25%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $1,825.04 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $1,841.63 ↑ +26%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $1,874.81 ↑ +28%
Multiplan Commercial $2,116.93 ↑ +45%
USA MCO $2,141.26 ↑ +47%
Galaxy Commercial $2,141.26 ↑ +47%
Cigna Indemnity $2,289.69 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare All Payer $2,923.00 ↑ +100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $3,225.61 ↑ +121%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $3,583.86 ↑ +145%
United Healthcare Options PPO $3,751.00 ↑ +157%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $11,469.45 ↑ +686%

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Biopsy muscle percutaneous needle at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,883.20 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $1,883.20 $486.45 – $3,567.11
MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL Frisco not published $486.45 – $1,907.91
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,883.20 $486.45 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,177.54 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,812.02 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,177.54 $85.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,177.54 $486.45 – $4,016.35

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