Absorpt drg <=16 sq in without b 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.

$2.43 with BCBS vs $16.02 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 BlueAdvantageHMO $2.43
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2.43
Humana Tricare $2.75
BCBS BluePremier $2.75
BCBS MCRPPO $2.78
BCBS MGMCRHMO $2.78
WellMed MGMCR $2.83
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $2.84
Devoted Health PPO $2.84
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $2.84
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $2.84
Amerigroup DualEligible $2.84
Humana MGMCR $2.84
Devoted Health SNP $2.84
Devoted Health HMO $2.84
Devoted Health POS $2.84
Devoted Health MCR $2.84
Devoted Health MME $2.84
Triwest Veterans FED $2.84
United MGMCR $2.85
Aetna MCR $2.86
Care N Care MGMCR $2.87
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $2.90
WellCare MGMCR $2.93
Integranet MGMCR $2.93
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $2.98
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $2.98
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $2.98
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $2.98
ProCare Advantge MCR $2.98
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $2.98
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $2.98
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $2.98
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $3.01
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $3.01
Molina MMP $3.10
Molina MCR $3.10
Molina MME $3.10
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $3.12
BCBS BlueEssentials $3.12
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $3.12
BCBS EPOSOA $3.28
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $3.41
BCBS PPO $3.42
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $3.69
Bravo Health MCRPOS $4.26
Bravo Health MCRHMO $4.26
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $4.26
Bravo Health MCRSNP $4.26
Bravo Health MCRPPO $4.26
Superior ValueHMO $5.08
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $5.40
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $5.62
Superior EPO $6.36
Superior HMO $6.36
Molina Healthcare HIX $7.44
Humana COMM $16.02

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Absorpt drg <=16 sq in without b at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne Cleburne $171.02 not published
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $6.02 – $6.02
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $2.78 – $6.11
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $2.78 – $6.11
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $2.66 – $2.66
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $2.78 – $6.11
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $2.78 – $6.11
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $2.78 – $6.11

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