Amino acid single qual 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

$679.03

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.

$679.03

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.

$11.91 with Amerigroup vs $679.03 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 $11.91 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.91 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $11.91 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $11.91 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $11.91 ↓ -98%
United STAR $11.91 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $11.91 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $12.51 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $12.86 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $12.86 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $13.10 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $13.10 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $13.10 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $13.10 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $13.10 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $14.11 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $14.18 ↓ -98%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $14.18 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCR $14.18 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health POS $14.18 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.18 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health PPO $14.18 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health SNP $14.18 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.18 ↓ -98%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $14.18 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health HMO $14.18 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $14.18 ↓ -98%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $14.18 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.18 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCR $14.18 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MME $14.18 ↓ -98%
Triwest Veterans FED $14.18 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $14.25 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $14.30 ↓ -98%
Care N Care MGMCR $14.32 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $14.46 ↓ -98%
Integranet MGMCR $14.61 ↓ -98%
WellCare MGMCR $14.61 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $14.89 ↓ -98%
Humana Tricare $14.89 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $14.89 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantge MCR $14.89 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $14.89 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $14.89 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $14.89 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $14.89 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $14.89 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $14.89 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $15.03 ↓ -98%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $15.03 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $15.35 ↓ -98%
Molina MMP $15.46 ↓ -98%
Molina MCR $15.46 ↓ -98%
Molina MME $15.46 ↓ -98%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $15.60 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $17.02 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPHIX $18.04 ↓ -97%
BCBS BluePremier $18.15 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $18.43 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $21.27 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $21.27 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $21.27 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $21.27 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $21.27 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $24.81 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $24.81 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $24.85 ↓ -96%
Superior ValueHMO $25.38 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $25.81 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentials $25.81 ↓ -96%
Aetna Meritain $26.47 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $26.47 ↓ -96%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $26.94 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $27.08 ↓ -96%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $28.08 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $28.36 ↓ -96%
Aetna OON $31.15 ↓ -95%
Superior HMO $31.76 ↓ -95%
Superior EPO $31.76 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $36.87 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare HIX $37.15 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $47.53 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $47.53 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $47.53 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $47.53 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $47.53 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $56.38 ↓ -92%
Cigna NewBusiness $56.43 ↓ -92%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $63.00 ↓ -91%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $63.00 ↓ -91%
Cigna HMO $63.00 ↓ -91%
Cigna AllOther $79.69 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $91.67 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $95.06 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $118.15 ↓ -83%
Humana COMM $154.14 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $166.36 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $175.19 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $203.71 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $203.71 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $229.51 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $271.61 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $301.49 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $305.56 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $305.56 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $339.51 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $357.85 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $373.47 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $373.47 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $373.47 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $373.47 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $393.84 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $410.81 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $410.81 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $441.37 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $475.32 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $475.32 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $475.32 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $509.27 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $509.27 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $543.22 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $543.22 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $577.18 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $679.03 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $679.03 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $679.03 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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