Anterior swing band 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.

$253.22 with Humana vs $1,474.81 with Humana — 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
Humana Tricare $253.22
BCBS MCRPPO $255.93
BCBS MGMCRHMO $255.93
WellMed MGMCR $259.74
Devoted Health POS $261.05
Devoted Health MCR $261.05
Devoted Health MME $261.05
Humana MGMCR $261.05
Triwest Veterans FED $261.05
Devoted Health PPO $261.05
Devoted Health SNP $261.05
Devoted Health HMO $261.05
Amerigroup DualEligible $261.05
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $261.05
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $261.05
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $261.05
United MGMCR $262.36
Aetna MCR $263.27
Care N Care MGMCR $263.66
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $266.27
WellCare MGMCR $268.88
Integranet MGMCR $268.88
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $274.10
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $274.10
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $274.10
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $274.10
ProCare Advantge MCR $274.10
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $274.10
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $274.10
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $274.10
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $276.71
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $276.71
Molina MMP $284.54
Molina MCR $284.54
Molina MME $284.54
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $287.16
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $313.26
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $339.37
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $391.58
Bravo Health MCRPPO $391.58
Bravo Health MCRPOS $391.58
Bravo Health MCRHMO $391.58
Bravo Health MCRSNP $391.58
Superior ValueHMO $467.28
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $496.00
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $516.88
Superior EPO $584.75
Superior HMO $584.75
Molina Healthcare HIX $683.95
Humana COMM $1,474.81

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HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $255.83 – $561.26
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HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $255.83 – $561.26
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $255.83 – $561.26
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $255.83 – $561.26
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