Absorpt drg <=16 sq in w/bdr 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.

$1.46 with BCBS vs $9.66 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1.46
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1.46
BCBS BluePremier $1.65
Humana Tricare $1.65
BCBS MCRPPO $1.67
BCBS MGMCRHMO $1.67
WellMed MGMCR $1.69
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $1.70
Humana MGMCR $1.70
Devoted Health SNP $1.70
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1.70
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $1.70
Amerigroup DualEligible $1.70
Devoted Health PPO $1.70
Devoted Health HMO $1.70
Devoted Health POS $1.70
Devoted Health MCR $1.70
Devoted Health MME $1.70
Triwest Veterans FED $1.70
United MGMCR $1.71
Aetna MCR $1.71
Care N Care MGMCR $1.72
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $1.73
WellCare MGMCR $1.75
Integranet MGMCR $1.75
ProCare Advantge MCR $1.78
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $1.78
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $1.78
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $1.78
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $1.78
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $1.78
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $1.78
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $1.78
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $1.80
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $1.80
Molina MME $1.85
Molina MMP $1.85
Molina MCR $1.85
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $1.87
BCBS BlueEssentials $1.88
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1.88
BCBS EPOSOA $1.97
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $2.04
BCBS PPO $2.06
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $2.21
Bravo Health MCRPPO $2.55
Bravo Health MCRSNP $2.55
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $2.55
Bravo Health MCRHMO $2.55
Bravo Health MCRPOS $2.55
Superior ValueHMO $3.04
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $3.23
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $3.37
Superior HMO $3.81
Superior EPO $3.81
Molina Healthcare HIX $4.45
Humana COMM $9.66

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