Allograft epieffect 2x3cm-q4186-cost per sq cm 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.

$138.25 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,975.00 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $138.25
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $138.25
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $138.25
Superior Health Plan STARKids $138.25
Superior Health Plan CHIP $138.25
Humana Tricare $153.58
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $158.33
United AllPayerAppendix $209.78
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $209.78
United SmallGroup $209.78
BCBS MyBlueHealth $229.73
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $229.73
BCBS BluePremier $260.36
Cigna IFP $266.63
Cigna QHP $276.50
BCBS BlueEssentials $295.37
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $295.37
BCBS EPOSOA $310.68
Aetna QHPHIX $321.93
BCBS PPO $323.81
United OptionsPPO $343.65
Aetna NewBusiness $470.05
Aetna Meritain $505.60
Aetna COMM $505.60
Aetna OON $592.50
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $592.50
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $592.50
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $667.55
Prominence Health Plan HIX $790.00
BCBS Traditional $876.90
City of McKinney COMM $888.75
Cigna LocalPlus $909.65
Cigna NewBusiness $910.55
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $987.50
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,016.23
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,016.23
Cigna HMO $1,016.23
Aetna ASA $1,040.83
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,086.25
Aetna WCOMP $1,086.25
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,086.25
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,086.25
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,145.50
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,194.88
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,194.88
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $1,283.75
Cigna AllOther $1,285.62
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,382.50
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,382.50
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,481.25
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,481.25
USC Health Services COMM $1,580.00
USA Managed Care COMM $1,580.00
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,678.75
Unicare MCD $1,975.00
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,975.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,975.00

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $13,249.84 $42.24 – $268.77
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