Above knee flex cover system at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL

5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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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.

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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.

$1,112.14 with Humana vs $6,477.46 with Humana — 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
Humana Tricare $1,112.14
BCBS MCRPPO $1,124.06
BCBS MGMCRHMO $1,124.06
WellMed MGMCR $1,140.81
Devoted Health MCR $1,146.54
Devoted Health MME $1,146.54
Humana MGMCR $1,146.54
Triwest Veterans FED $1,146.54
Devoted Health SNP $1,146.54
Devoted Health HMO $1,146.54
Devoted Health POS $1,146.54
Amerigroup DualEligible $1,146.54
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $1,146.54
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1,146.54
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $1,146.54
Devoted Health PPO $1,146.54
United MGMCR $1,152.27
Aetna MCR $1,156.29
Care N Care MGMCR $1,158.01
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $1,169.47
WellCare MGMCR $1,180.94
Integranet MGMCR $1,180.94
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $1,203.87
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $1,203.87
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $1,203.87
ProCare Advantge MCR $1,203.87
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $1,203.87
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $1,203.87
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $1,203.87
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $1,203.87
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $1,215.33
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $1,215.33
Molina MME $1,249.73
Molina MMP $1,249.73
Molina MCR $1,249.73
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $1,261.19
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $1,375.85
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $1,490.50
Bravo Health MCRSNP $1,719.81
Bravo Health MCRPOS $1,719.81
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $1,719.81
Bravo Health MCRHMO $1,719.81
Bravo Health MCRPPO $1,719.81
Superior ValueHMO $2,052.31
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $2,178.43
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,270.15
Superior EPO $2,568.25
Superior HMO $2,568.25
Molina Healthcare HIX $3,003.93
Humana COMM $6,477.46

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Above knee flex cover system at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $1,123.61 – $2,465.06
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,123.61 – $2,465.06
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $1,123.61 – $2,465.06
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $1,123.61 – $2,465.06
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $1,123.61 – $2,465.06
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $1,123.61 – $2,465.06
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $1,123.61 – $2,465.06
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1,123.61 – $2,465.06

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