Fl exam g/colon tube w contrast 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

$298.80

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.

$498.00

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.

$83.48 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $441.56 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $83.48 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $83.48 ↓ -72%
Parkland Managed Medicaid $83.48 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $83.48 ↓ -72%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $87.66 ↓ -71%
Molina Managed Medicaid $90.14 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $144.42 ↓ -52%
Aetna Whole Health $204.48 ↓ -32%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $218.77 ↓ -27%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $220.55 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $230.08 ↓ -23%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $239.69 ↓ -20%
American Health Medicare Advantage $239.69 ↓ -20%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $244.48 ↓ -18%
Humana Medicare Advantage $249.28 ↓ -17%
Molina Medicare Advantage $251.67 ↓ -16%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $251.67 ↓ -16%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $251.67 ↓ -16%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $255.97 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare All Payer $257.57 ↓ -14%
Cigna OAP/HMO $259.40 ↓ -13%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $263.66 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $266.06 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $270.85 ↓ -9%
Aetna Commercial $272.66 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Options PPO $272.90 ↓ -9%
Quick Trip Commercial $281.55 ↓ -6%
PHCS PPO $326.13 ↑ +9%
Cigna PPO $327.07 ↑ +9%
Aetna ASA $328.94 ↑ +10%
Aetna Coventry $328.94 ↑ +10%
Healthsmart Commercial $351.94 ↑ +18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $403.09 ↑ +35%
Multiplan Commercial $408.25 ↑ +37%
USA MCO $412.94 ↑ +38%
Galaxy Commercial $412.94 ↑ +38%
Cigna Indemnity $441.56 ↑ +48%

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Fl exam g/colon tube w contrast at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $627.02 $167.21 – $783.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $627.02 $227.71 – $783.78
MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL Frisco not published $240.89 – $323.93
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,253.36 $291.30 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $627.02 $111.00 – $783.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $696.17 $71.00 – $1,044.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $478.87 $71.00 – $607.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $696.17 $85.00 – $1,044.25

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