Above knee manual lock 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.

$532.03 with Humana vs $3,098.70 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 $532.03
BCBS MCRPPO $537.72
BCBS MGMCRHMO $537.72
WellMed MGMCR $545.74
Devoted Health MCR $548.48
Devoted Health MME $548.48
Humana MGMCR $548.48
Triwest Veterans FED $548.48
Devoted Health SNP $548.48
Devoted Health HMO $548.48
Devoted Health POS $548.48
Amerigroup DualEligible $548.48
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $548.48
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $548.48
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $548.48
Devoted Health PPO $548.48
United MGMCR $551.22
Aetna MCR $553.14
Care N Care MGMCR $553.96
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $559.45
WellCare MGMCR $564.93
Integranet MGMCR $564.93
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $575.90
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $575.90
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $575.90
ProCare Advantge MCR $575.90
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $575.90
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $575.90
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $575.90
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $575.90
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $581.39
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $581.39
Molina MME $597.84
Molina MMP $597.84
Molina MCR $597.84
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $603.33
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $658.18
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $713.02
Bravo Health MCRSNP $822.72
Bravo Health MCRPOS $822.72
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $822.72
Bravo Health MCRHMO $822.72
Bravo Health MCRPPO $822.72
Superior ValueHMO $981.78
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $1,042.11
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,085.99
Superior EPO $1,228.60
Superior HMO $1,228.60
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,437.02
Humana COMM $3,098.70

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Above knee manual lock at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $537.51 – $1,179.23
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $537.51 – $1,179.23
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $537.51 – $1,179.23
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $537.51 – $1,179.23
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $537.51 – $1,179.23
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $537.51 – $1,179.23
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $537.51 – $1,179.23
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $537.51 – $1,179.23

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