Assay of blood lipoprotein 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.

$10.71 with United vs $129.22 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
United STAR $10.71
Amerigroup MGMCD $10.71
Amerigroup CHIP $10.71
United CHIP $10.71
United STARPerinate $10.71
United STARPLUS $10.71
United STARKids $10.71
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $11.25
Aetna Better Health CHIP $11.57
Aetna Better Health MCD $11.57
Molina STARKIDS $11.78
Molina STAR+PLUS $11.78
Molina CHIP $11.78
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $11.78
Molina MCDSTAR $11.78
WellMed MGMCR $12.69
BCBS MGMCRHMO $12.75
Devoted Health SNP $12.75
Devoted Health HMO $12.75
Humana MGMCR $12.75
Devoted Health PPO $12.75
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $12.75
United AllPayerAppendix $12.75
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $12.75
Triwest Veterans FED $12.75
Devoted Health MME $12.75
United SmallGroup $12.75
Devoted Health MCR $12.75
BCBS MCRPPO $12.75
Devoted Health POS $12.75
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $12.75
Amerigroup DualEligible $12.75
United MGMCR $12.81
Aetna MCR $12.86
Care N Care MGMCR $12.88
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $13.01
Integranet MGMCR $13.13
WellCare MGMCR $13.13
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $13.39
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $13.39
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $13.39
Humana Tricare $13.39
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $13.39
ProCare Advantge MCR $13.39
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $13.39
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $13.39
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $13.39
Humana MGMCD $13.39
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $13.52
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $13.52
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $13.80
Molina MME $13.90
Molina MCR $13.90
Molina MMP $13.90
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $14.03
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $15.30
Aetna QHPHIX $16.22
BCBS BluePremier $16.32
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $16.57
Bravo Health MCRHMO $19.13
Bravo Health MCRPPO $19.13
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $19.13
Bravo Health MCRSNP $19.13
Bravo Health MCRPOS $19.13
BCBS MyBlueHealth $22.31
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $22.31
Aetna NewBusiness $22.34
Superior ValueHMO $22.82
BCBS BlueEssentials $23.21
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $23.21
Aetna COMM $23.79
Aetna Meritain $23.79
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $24.22
BCBS EPOSOA $24.35
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $25.25
BCBS PPO $25.50
Aetna OON $28.00
Superior HMO $28.56
Superior EPO $28.56
Oscar HIX $33.15
Molina Healthcare HIX $33.41
Cigna LocalPlus $51.00
Cigna NewBusiness $51.05
Cigna HMO $56.99
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $56.99
Cigna NetworkBenefit $56.99
Cigna AllOther $72.08
Humana COMM $129.22
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Assay of blood lipoprotein at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $10.71 – $22.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $71.49 $12.00 – $107.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $71.49 $10.71 – $89.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $71.49 $11.46 – $107.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $71.49 $8.00 – $107.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $71.49 $10.71 – $107.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $71.49 $10.71 – $89.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $71.49 $10.71 – $107.23

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