Observation direct referral from physician office for admission 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

$384.00

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.

$640.00

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.

$66.62 with United Healthcare vs $1,044.73 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 $66.62 ↓ -83%
Parkland Managed Medicaid $66.62 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $66.62 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $66.62 ↓ -83%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $69.96 ↓ -82%
Molina Managed Medicaid $71.94 ↓ -81%
Aetna Whole Health $147.55 ↓ -62%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $164.52 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $172.76 ↓ -55%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $176.02 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare All Payer $192.19 ↓ -50%
Aetna Commercial $196.72 ↓ -49%
Cigna OAP/HMO $207.02 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Options PPO $208.60 ↓ -46%
Quick Trip Commercial $224.70 ↓ -41%
PHCS PPO $260.28 ↓ -32%
Cigna PPO $261.03 ↓ -32%
Aetna Coventry $262.52 ↓ -32%
Aetna ASA $262.52 ↓ -32%
Healthsmart Commercial $280.88 ↓ -27%
Multiplan Commercial $325.82 ↓ -15%
Galaxy Commercial $329.56 ↓ -14%
USA MCO $329.56 ↓ -14%
Cigna Indemnity $352.40 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $354.82 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $394.25 ↑ +3%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $598.24 ↑ +56%
American Health Medicare Advantage $598.24 ↑ +56%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $610.21 ↑ +59%
Humana Medicare Advantage $622.17 ↑ +62%
Molina Medicare Advantage $628.16 ↑ +64%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $628.16 ↑ +64%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $628.16 ↑ +64%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $658.07 ↑ +71%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $664.05 ↑ +73%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $676.02 ↑ +76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $1,044.73 ↑ +172%

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Observation direct referral from physician office for admission at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $554.33 $147.82 – $1,591.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $554.33 $258.69 – $1,286.22
MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL Frisco $2,029.37 $300.24 – $300.24
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $162.54 $489.80 – $489.80
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $554.33 $157.06 – $1,591.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $527.99 $71.00 – $1,591.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $602.45 $71.00 – $1,591.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $527.99 $169.48 – $1,591.17

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