Adenovirus assay w/optic 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.

$18.28 with United vs $195.80 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 $18.28
Amerigroup MGMCD $18.28
Amerigroup CHIP $18.28
United CHIP $18.28
United STARPerinate $18.28
United STARPLUS $18.28
United STARKids $18.28
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $19.19
Aetna Better Health CHIP $19.74
Aetna Better Health MCD $19.74
Molina STARKIDS $20.11
Molina STAR+PLUS $20.11
Molina CHIP $20.11
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $20.11
Molina MCDSTAR $20.11
WellMed MGMCR $21.65
BCBS MGMCRHMO $21.76
Devoted Health SNP $21.76
Devoted Health HMO $21.76
Humana MGMCR $21.76
Devoted Health PPO $21.76
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $21.76
United AllPayerAppendix $21.76
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $21.76
Triwest Veterans FED $21.76
Devoted Health MME $21.76
United SmallGroup $21.76
Devoted Health MCR $21.76
BCBS MCRPPO $21.76
Devoted Health POS $21.76
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $21.76
Amerigroup DualEligible $21.76
United MGMCR $21.87
Aetna MCR $21.94
Care N Care MGMCR $21.98
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $22.20
Integranet MGMCR $22.41
WellCare MGMCR $22.41
Humana Tricare $22.84
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $22.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $22.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $22.85
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $22.85
ProCare Advantge MCR $22.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $22.85
Humana MGMCD $22.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $22.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $22.85
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $23.07
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $23.07
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $23.55
Molina MME $23.72
Molina MCR $23.72
Molina MMP $23.72
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $23.94
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $26.11
Aetna QHPHIX $27.69
BCBS BluePremier $27.85
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $28.29
Bravo Health MCRHMO $32.64
Bravo Health MCRPPO $32.64
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $32.64
Bravo Health MCRSNP $32.64
Bravo Health MCRPOS $32.64
BCBS MyBlueHealth $38.08
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $38.08
Aetna NewBusiness $38.14
Superior ValueHMO $38.95
BCBS BlueEssentials $39.60
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $39.60
Aetna COMM $40.62
Aetna Meritain $40.62
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $41.34
BCBS EPOSOA $41.56
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $43.08
BCBS PPO $43.52
Aetna OON $47.80
Superior HMO $48.74
Superior EPO $48.74
Oscar HIX $56.58
Molina Healthcare HIX $57.01
Cigna LocalPlus $85.90
Cigna NewBusiness $85.98
Cigna HMO $96.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $96.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $96.00
Cigna AllOther $121.42
Humana COMM $195.80
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Adenovirus assay w/optic at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $18.28 – $19.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $98.51 $12.00 – $147.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $98.51 $12.00 – $123.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $98.51 $12.00 – $147.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $98.51 $8.00 – $147.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $98.51 $12.00 – $147.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $98.51 $18.28 – $123.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $98.51 $12.00 – $147.76

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