Above knee hydracadence 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.

$2,849.50 with Humana vs $16,596.44 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 $2,849.50
BCBS MCRPPO $2,880.03
BCBS MGMCRHMO $2,880.03
WellMed MGMCR $2,922.94
Devoted Health MCR $2,937.63
Devoted Health MME $2,937.63
Humana MGMCR $2,937.63
Triwest Veterans FED $2,937.63
Devoted Health SNP $2,937.63
Devoted Health HMO $2,937.63
Devoted Health POS $2,937.63
Amerigroup DualEligible $2,937.63
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $2,937.63
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $2,937.63
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $2,937.63
Devoted Health PPO $2,937.63
United MGMCR $2,952.32
Aetna MCR $2,962.60
Care N Care MGMCR $2,967.01
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $2,996.38
WellCare MGMCR $3,025.76
Integranet MGMCR $3,025.76
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $3,084.51
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $3,084.51
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $3,084.51
ProCare Advantge MCR $3,084.51
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $3,084.51
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $3,084.51
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $3,084.51
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $3,084.51
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $3,113.89
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $3,113.89
Molina MME $3,202.02
Molina MMP $3,202.02
Molina MCR $3,202.02
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $3,231.39
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $3,525.16
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $3,818.92
Bravo Health MCRSNP $4,406.44
Bravo Health MCRPOS $4,406.44
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $4,406.44
Bravo Health MCRHMO $4,406.44
Bravo Health MCRPPO $4,406.44
Superior ValueHMO $5,258.36
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $5,581.50
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $5,816.51
Superior EPO $6,580.29
Superior HMO $6,580.29
Molina Healthcare HIX $7,696.59
Humana COMM $16,596.44

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Above knee hydracadence at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $2,878.88 – $6,315.90
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $2,878.88 – $6,315.90
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $2,878.88 – $6,315.90
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $2,878.88 – $6,315.90
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $2,878.88 – $6,315.90
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $2,878.88 – $6,315.90
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $2,878.88 – $6,315.90
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $2,878.88 – $6,315.90

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