#acylcarnitineprfl 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.

$14.17 with United vs $187.43 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 $14.17
Amerigroup MGMCD $14.17
Amerigroup CHIP $14.17
United CHIP $14.17
United STARPerinate $14.17
United STARPLUS $14.17
United STARKids $14.17
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $14.88
Aetna Better Health CHIP $15.30
Aetna Better Health MCD $15.30
Molina STARKIDS $15.59
Molina STAR+PLUS $15.59
Molina CHIP $15.59
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $15.59
Molina MCDSTAR $15.59
WellMed MGMCR $16.79
BCBS MGMCRHMO $16.87
Devoted Health SNP $16.87
Devoted Health HMO $16.87
Humana MGMCR $16.87
Devoted Health PPO $16.87
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $16.87
United AllPayerAppendix $16.87
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.87
Triwest Veterans FED $16.87
Devoted Health MME $16.87
United SmallGroup $16.87
Devoted Health MCR $16.87
BCBS MCRPPO $16.87
Devoted Health POS $16.87
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $16.87
Amerigroup DualEligible $16.87
United MGMCR $16.95
Aetna MCR $17.01
Care N Care MGMCR $17.04
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $17.21
Integranet MGMCR $17.38
WellCare MGMCR $17.38
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $17.71
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $17.71
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $17.71
Humana Tricare $17.71
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $17.71
ProCare Advantge MCR $17.71
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $17.71
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $17.71
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $17.71
Humana MGMCD $17.71
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $17.88
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $17.88
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $18.26
Molina MME $18.39
Molina MCR $18.39
Molina MMP $18.39
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $18.56
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $20.24
Aetna QHPHIX $21.45
BCBS BluePremier $21.59
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $21.93
Bravo Health MCRHMO $25.30
Bravo Health MCRPPO $25.30
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $25.30
Bravo Health MCRSNP $25.30
Bravo Health MCRPOS $25.30
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.52
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $29.52
Aetna NewBusiness $29.55
Superior ValueHMO $30.20
BCBS BlueEssentials $30.70
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $30.70
Aetna COMM $31.47
Aetna Meritain $31.47
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $32.05
BCBS EPOSOA $32.22
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $33.40
BCBS PPO $33.74
Aetna OON $37.04
Superior HMO $37.79
Superior EPO $37.79
Oscar HIX $43.86
Molina Healthcare HIX $44.20
Cigna LocalPlus $67.14
Cigna NewBusiness $67.20
Cigna HMO $75.03
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $75.03
Cigna NetworkBenefit $75.03
Cigna AllOther $94.89
Humana COMM $187.43
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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