Placement nephrostomy catheter (both sides) 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

$3,150.90

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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.

$5,251.50

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.

$652.80 with Blue Cross Blue Shield vs $4,941.66 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 $652.80 ↓ -79%
Parkland Managed Medicaid $652.80 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $652.80 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $652.80 ↓ -79%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $685.44 ↓ -78%
Molina Managed Medicaid $705.02 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $1,522.94 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $2,099.91 ↓ -33%
American Health Medicare Advantage $2,099.91 ↓ -33%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $2,141.91 ↓ -32%
Aetna Whole Health $2,156.27 ↓ -32%
Humana Medicare Advantage $2,183.91 ↓ -31%
Molina Medicare Advantage $2,204.90 ↓ -30%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $2,204.90 ↓ -30%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $2,204.90 ↓ -30%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $2,306.98 ↓ -27%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $2,309.90 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $2,330.90 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $2,372.90 ↓ -25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $2,426.19 ↓ -23%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $2,468.21 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $2,699.27 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare All Payer $2,716.08 ↓ -14%
Aetna Commercial $2,875.20 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Options PPO $2,877.82 ↓ -9%
Cigna OAP/HMO $2,903.03 ↓ -8%
Quick Trip Commercial $3,150.90 ↑ +0%
PHCS PPO $3,649.79 ↑ +16%
Cigna PPO $3,660.30 ↑ +16%
Aetna ASA $3,681.30 ↑ +17%
Aetna Coventry $3,681.30 ↑ +17%
Healthsmart Commercial $3,938.63 ↑ +25%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $4,332.49 ↑ +38%
Multiplan Commercial $4,568.81 ↑ +45%
Galaxy Commercial $4,621.32 ↑ +47%
USA MCO $4,621.32 ↑ +47%
Cigna Indemnity $4,941.66 ↑ +57%

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Placement nephrostomy catheter (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $4,772.36 $652.80 – $5,965.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $4,772.36 $652.80 – $5,965.45
MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL Frisco not published $652.80 – $2,462.45
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $4,772.36 $652.80 – $5,965.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,752.50 $71.00 – $6,837.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $4,233.03 $71.00 – $6,837.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,752.50 $85.00 – $6,837.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,752.50 $652.80 – $5,628.74

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