Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker 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

$1,289.31

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.

$1,289.31

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.

$14.09 with Amerigroup vs $1,289.31 with Unicare — 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
Amerigroup CHIP $14.09 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $14.09 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $14.09 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $14.09 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $14.09 ↓ -99%
United STAR $14.09 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $14.09 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $14.79 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $15.22 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $15.22 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $15.50 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $15.50 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $15.50 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $15.50 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $15.50 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $16.69 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $16.77 ↓ -99%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $16.77 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $16.77 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $16.77 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.77 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $16.77 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $16.77 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $16.77 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $16.77 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $16.77 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $16.77 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $16.77 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.77 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $16.77 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $16.77 ↓ -99%
Triwest Veterans FED $16.77 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $16.85 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $16.91 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $16.94 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $17.11 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $17.27 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $17.27 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $17.61 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $17.61 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $17.61 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $17.61 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $17.61 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $17.61 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $17.61 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $17.61 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $17.61 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $17.61 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $17.78 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $17.78 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $18.15 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $18.28 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $18.28 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $18.28 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $18.45 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $20.12 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPHIX $21.33 ↓ -98%
BCBS BluePremier $21.47 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $21.80 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $25.16 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $25.16 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $25.16 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $25.16 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $25.16 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.35 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $29.35 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $29.38 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $30.02 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $30.52 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentials $30.52 ↓ -98%
Aetna Meritain $31.29 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $31.29 ↓ -98%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $31.86 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $32.03 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $33.20 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $33.54 ↓ -97%
Aetna OON $36.82 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $37.56 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $37.56 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $43.60 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $43.94 ↓ -97%
Cigna LocalPlus $65.76 ↓ -95%
Cigna NewBusiness $65.82 ↓ -95%
Cigna HMO $73.49 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $73.49 ↓ -94%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $73.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $90.25 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $90.25 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $90.25 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $90.25 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $90.25 ↓ -93%
Cigna AllOther $92.95 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $174.06 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $180.50 ↓ -86%
Humana COMM $186.35 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $224.34 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $315.88 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $332.64 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $386.79 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $386.79 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $435.79 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $515.72 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $572.45 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $580.19 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $580.19 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $644.65 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $679.47 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $709.12 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $709.12 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $709.12 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $709.12 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $747.80 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $780.03 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $780.03 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $838.05 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $902.52 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $902.52 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $902.52 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $966.98 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $966.98 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,031.45 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,031.45 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,095.91 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,289.31 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,289.31 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,289.31 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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