Acth stimulation panel 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.

$65.74 with United vs $869.42 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
United STAR $65.74
Amerigroup MGMCD $65.74
Amerigroup CHIP $65.74
United CHIP $65.74
United STARPerinate $65.74
United STARPLUS $65.74
United STARKids $65.74
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $69.03
Aetna Better Health CHIP $71.00
Aetna Better Health MCD $71.00
Molina STARKIDS $72.31
Molina STAR+PLUS $72.31
Molina CHIP $72.31
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $72.31
Molina MCDSTAR $72.31
WellMed MGMCR $77.87
BCBS MGMCRHMO $78.26
Devoted Health SNP $78.26
Devoted Health HMO $78.26
Humana MGMCR $78.26
Devoted Health PPO $78.26
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $78.26
United AllPayerAppendix $78.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $78.26
Triwest Veterans FED $78.26
Devoted Health MME $78.26
United SmallGroup $78.26
Devoted Health MCR $78.26
BCBS MCRPPO $78.26
Devoted Health POS $78.26
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $78.26
Amerigroup DualEligible $78.26
United MGMCR $78.65
Aetna MCR $78.93
Care N Care MGMCR $79.04
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $79.83
Integranet MGMCR $80.61
WellCare MGMCR $80.61
Humana Tricare $82.16
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $82.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $82.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $82.17
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $82.17
ProCare Advantge MCR $82.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $82.17
Humana MGMCD $82.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $82.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $82.17
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $82.96
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $82.96
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $84.70
Molina MME $85.30
Molina MCR $85.30
Molina MMP $85.30
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $86.09
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $93.91
Aetna QHPHIX $99.56
BCBS BluePremier $100.17
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $101.74
Bravo Health MCRHMO $117.39
Bravo Health MCRPPO $117.39
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $117.39
Bravo Health MCRSNP $117.39
Bravo Health MCRPOS $117.39
BCBS MyBlueHealth $136.96
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $136.96
Aetna NewBusiness $137.12
Superior ValueHMO $140.09
BCBS BlueEssentials $142.43
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $142.43
Aetna COMM $146.05
Aetna Meritain $146.05
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $148.69
BCBS EPOSOA $149.48
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $154.95
BCBS PPO $156.52
Aetna OON $171.87
Superior HMO $175.30
Superior EPO $175.30
Oscar HIX $203.48
Molina Healthcare HIX $205.04
Cigna LocalPlus $310.12
Cigna NewBusiness $310.42
Cigna HMO $346.56
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $346.56
Cigna NetworkBenefit $346.56
Cigna AllOther $438.34
Humana COMM $869.42
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Acth stimulation panel at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $65.74 – $153.59
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $70.43 – $301.30
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $73.04 – $288.78
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $64.43 – $322.02
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $65.74 – $322.02
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $170.92 – $341.21
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $64.43 – $322.02
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $64.43 – $322.02

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