Assay malate dehydrogenase 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.

$6.19 with Amerigroup vs $81.88 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
Amerigroup CHIP $6.19
United STARKids $6.19
United STARPerinate $6.19
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.19
United STARPLUS $6.19
United STAR $6.19
United CHIP $6.19
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $6.50
Aetna Better Health MCD $6.69
Aetna Better Health CHIP $6.69
Molina STAR+PLUS $6.81
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $6.81
Molina MCDSTAR $6.81
Molina CHIP $6.81
Molina STARKIDS $6.81
WellMed MGMCR $7.33
United AllPayerAppendix $7.37
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7.37
United SmallGroup $7.37
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $7.37
Triwest Veterans FED $7.37
Humana MGMCR $7.37
BCBS MGMCRHMO $7.37
BCBS MCRPPO $7.37
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $7.37
Amerigroup DualEligible $7.37
Devoted Health PPO $7.37
Devoted Health SNP $7.37
Devoted Health HMO $7.37
Devoted Health POS $7.37
Devoted Health MCR $7.37
Devoted Health MME $7.37
United MGMCR $7.41
Aetna MCR $7.43
Care N Care MGMCR $7.44
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $7.52
WellCare MGMCR $7.59
Integranet MGMCR $7.59
Humana MGMCD $7.74
Humana Tricare $7.74
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $7.74
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $7.74
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $7.74
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $7.74
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $7.74
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $7.74
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $7.74
ProCare Advantge MCR $7.74
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $7.81
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $7.81
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $7.98
Molina MCR $8.03
Molina MMP $8.03
Molina MME $8.03
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $8.11
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $8.84
Aetna QHPHIX $9.37
BCBS BluePremier $9.43
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $9.58
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $11.05
Bravo Health MCRSNP $11.05
Bravo Health MCRPPO $11.05
Bravo Health MCRHMO $11.05
Bravo Health MCRPOS $11.05
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $12.90
BCBS MyBlueHealth $12.90
Aetna NewBusiness $12.91
Superior ValueHMO $13.19
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $13.41
BCBS BlueEssentials $13.41
Aetna COMM $13.75
Aetna Meritain $13.75
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $14.00
BCBS EPOSOA $14.08
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $14.59
BCBS PPO $14.74
Aetna OON $16.18
Superior EPO $16.51
Superior HMO $16.51
Oscar HIX $19.16
Molina Healthcare HIX $19.31
Cigna LocalPlus $29.52
Cigna NewBusiness $29.55
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $32.99
Cigna HMO $32.99
Cigna NetworkBenefit $32.99
Cigna AllOther $41.73
Humana COMM $81.88
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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