Amino acid screen, urine 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

$733.35

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.

$733.35

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.

$11.65 with Amerigroup vs $733.35 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 $11.65 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.65 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $11.65 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $11.65 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $11.65 ↓ -98%
United STAR $11.65 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $11.65 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $12.23 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $12.58 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $12.58 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $12.82 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $12.82 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $12.82 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $12.82 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $12.82 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $13.80 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $13.87 ↓ -98%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $13.87 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCR $13.87 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health POS $13.87 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.87 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health PPO $13.87 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health SNP $13.87 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.87 ↓ -98%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $13.87 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health HMO $13.87 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $13.87 ↓ -98%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $13.87 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.87 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCR $13.87 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MME $13.87 ↓ -98%
Triwest Veterans FED $13.87 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $13.94 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $13.99 ↓ -98%
Care N Care MGMCR $14.01 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $14.15 ↓ -98%
Integranet MGMCR $14.29 ↓ -98%
WellCare MGMCR $14.29 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $14.56 ↓ -98%
Humana Tricare $14.56 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $14.56 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantge MCR $14.56 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $14.56 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $14.56 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $14.56 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $14.56 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $14.56 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $14.56 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $14.70 ↓ -98%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $14.70 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $15.01 ↓ -98%
Molina MMP $15.12 ↓ -98%
Molina MCR $15.12 ↓ -98%
Molina MME $15.12 ↓ -98%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $15.26 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $16.64 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPHIX $17.64 ↓ -98%
BCBS BluePremier $17.75 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $18.03 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $20.80 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $20.80 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $20.80 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $20.80 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $20.80 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $24.27 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $24.27 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $24.29 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $24.83 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $25.24 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueEssentials $25.24 ↓ -97%
Aetna Meritain $25.88 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $25.88 ↓ -96%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $26.35 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $26.49 ↓ -96%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $27.46 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $27.74 ↓ -96%
Aetna OON $30.45 ↓ -96%
Superior HMO $31.07 ↓ -96%
Superior EPO $31.07 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $36.06 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare HIX $36.34 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $51.33 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $51.33 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $51.33 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $51.33 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $51.33 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $55.04 ↓ -92%
Cigna NewBusiness $55.10 ↓ -92%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $61.51 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $61.51 ↓ -92%
Cigna HMO $61.51 ↓ -92%
Cigna AllOther $77.80 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $99.00 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $102.67 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $127.60 ↓ -83%
Humana COMM $154.14 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $179.67 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $189.20 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $220.00 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $220.00 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $247.87 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $293.34 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $325.61 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $330.01 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $330.01 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $366.68 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $386.48 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $403.34 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $403.34 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $403.34 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $403.34 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $425.34 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $443.68 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $443.68 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $476.68 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $513.35 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $513.35 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $513.35 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $550.01 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $550.01 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $586.68 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $586.68 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $623.35 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $733.35 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $733.35 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $733.35 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Amino acid screen, urine at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $159.39 $10.00 – $199.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $159.39 $10.00 – $199.24
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $11.65 – $27.20
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $159.39 $10.00 – $199.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $138.60 $12.00 – $207.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $138.60 $11.65 – $173.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $138.60 $12.00 – $207.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $138.60 $8.00 – $207.90

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