Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid 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

$477.90

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.

$796.50

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.

$63.29 with United Healthcare vs $574.18 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
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $63.29 ↓ -87%
Parkland Managed Medicaid $63.29 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $63.29 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $63.29 ↓ -87%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $66.45 ↓ -86%
Molina Managed Medicaid $68.34 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $94.95 ↓ -80%
Aetna Whole Health $146.07 ↓ -69%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $167.20 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $191.59 ↓ -60%
American Health Medicare Advantage $191.59 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial $194.77 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $195.01 ↓ -59%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $195.42 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare Advantage $199.25 ↓ -58%
Molina Medicare Advantage $201.17 ↓ -58%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $201.17 ↓ -58%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $201.17 ↓ -58%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $210.74 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $212.66 ↓ -56%
Quick Trip Commercial $213.45 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $216.49 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $216.68 ↓ -55%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $217.19 ↓ -55%
PHCS PPO $247.25 ↓ -48%
Aetna Coventry $249.38 ↓ -48%
Aetna ASA $249.38 ↓ -48%
Healthsmart Commercial $266.81 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare All Payer $308.00 ↓ -36%
Multiplan Commercial $309.50 ↓ -35%
USA MCO $313.06 ↓ -34%
Galaxy Commercial $313.06 ↓ -34%
Cigna OAP/HMO $328.00 ↓ -31%
Cigna Indemnity $334.76 ↓ -30%
Cigna PPO $396.00 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Options PPO $401.00 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $574.18 ↑ +20%

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Endoscopy swallow (fees) vid at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $576.16 $112.00 – $816.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $576.16 $112.00 – $816.23
MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL Frisco $843.52 $165.01 – $501.97
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $576.16 $112.00 – $816.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $576.16 $112.00 – $864.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $504.10 $100.82 – $630.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $576.16 $112.00 – $864.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $576.16 $155.00 – $864.24

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