Ghs insertion of needle - bone 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

$361.95

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.

$603.25

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.

$107.32 with United Healthcare vs $1,568.00 with United Healthcare Options — 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 $107.32 ↓ -70%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $107.32 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $107.32 ↓ -70%
Parkland Managed Medicaid $107.32 ↓ -70%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $112.69 ↓ -69%
Molina Managed Medicaid $115.88 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $242.51 ↓ -33%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $283.53 ↓ -22%
Aetna Whole Health $309.53 ↓ -14%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $315.14 ↓ -13%
Cigna OAP/HMO $333.48 ↓ -8%
Quick Trip Commercial $361.95 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $383.06 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $412.68 ↑ +14%
PHCS PPO $419.26 ↑ +16%
Cigna PPO $420.47 ↑ +16%
Aetna ASA $422.88 ↑ +17%
Aetna Coventry $422.88 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $425.29 ↑ +17%
American Health Medicare Advantage $448.76 ↑ +24%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $448.76 ↑ +24%
Healthsmart Commercial $452.44 ↑ +25%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $457.74 ↑ +26%
Humana Medicare Advantage $466.71 ↑ +29%
Molina Medicare Advantage $471.20 ↑ +30%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $471.20 ↑ +30%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $471.20 ↑ +30%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $493.64 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $498.12 ↑ +38%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $507.10 ↑ +40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $518.19 ↑ +43%
Multiplan Commercial $524.83 ↑ +45%
Galaxy Commercial $530.86 ↑ +47%
USA MCO $530.86 ↑ +47%
Cigna Indemnity $567.66 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,247.00 ↑ +245%
United Healthcare Options PPO $1,568.00 ↑ +333%

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Ghs insertion of needle - bone at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $461.99 $123.20 – $987.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $461.99 $215.60 – $964.83
MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL Frisco not published $420.85 – $505.39
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $447.75 $454.49 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $461.99 $130.90 – $987.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $461.99 $71.00 – $987.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $356.00 $71.00 – $987.04
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