Ammonia 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

$1,059.65

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.

$1,059.65

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.

$12.24 with Amerigroup vs $1,059.65 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 $12.24 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.24 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $12.24 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $12.24 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $12.24 ↓ -99%
United STAR $12.24 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $12.24 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $12.85 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $13.22 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $13.22 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $13.46 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $13.46 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $13.46 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $13.46 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $13.46 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $14.50 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $14.57 ↓ -99%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $14.57 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $14.57 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $14.57 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.57 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $14.57 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $14.57 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.57 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $14.57 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $14.57 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $14.57 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $14.57 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.57 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $14.57 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $14.57 ↓ -99%
Triwest Veterans FED $14.57 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $14.64 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $14.69 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $14.72 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $14.86 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $15.01 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $15.01 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $15.30 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $15.30 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $15.30 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $15.30 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $15.30 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $15.30 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $15.30 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $15.30 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $15.30 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $15.30 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $15.44 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $15.44 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $15.77 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $15.88 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $15.88 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $15.88 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $16.03 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $17.48 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPHIX $18.53 ↓ -98%
BCBS BluePremier $18.65 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $18.94 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $21.86 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $21.86 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $21.86 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $21.86 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $21.86 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $25.50 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $25.50 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $25.52 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $26.08 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $26.52 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueEssentials $26.52 ↓ -97%
Aetna Meritain $27.18 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $27.18 ↓ -97%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $27.68 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $27.83 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $28.85 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $29.14 ↓ -97%
Aetna OON $31.99 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $32.64 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $32.64 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $37.88 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $38.17 ↓ -96%
Cigna LocalPlus $57.71 ↓ -95%
Cigna NewBusiness $57.77 ↓ -95%
Cigna HMO $64.49 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $64.49 ↓ -94%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $64.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $74.18 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $74.18 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $74.18 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $74.18 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $74.18 ↓ -93%
Cigna AllOther $81.57 ↓ -92%
Cigna IFP $143.05 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $148.35 ↓ -86%
Humana COMM $161.88 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $184.38 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $259.61 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $273.39 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $317.90 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $317.90 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $358.16 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $423.86 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $470.48 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $476.84 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $476.84 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $529.83 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $558.44 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $582.81 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $582.81 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $582.81 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $582.81 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $614.60 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $641.09 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $641.09 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $688.77 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $741.75 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $741.75 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $741.75 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $794.74 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $794.74 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $847.72 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $847.72 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $900.70 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,059.65 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,059.65 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,059.65 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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