Below knee suction socket 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.

$944.62 with Humana vs $5,501.77 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 $944.62
BCBS MCRPPO $954.75
BCBS MGMCRHMO $954.75
WellMed MGMCR $968.97
Devoted Health MCR $973.84
Devoted Health MME $973.84
Humana MGMCR $973.84
Triwest Veterans FED $973.84
Devoted Health SNP $973.84
Devoted Health HMO $973.84
Devoted Health POS $973.84
Amerigroup DualEligible $973.84
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $973.84
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $973.84
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $973.84
Devoted Health PPO $973.84
United MGMCR $978.71
Aetna MCR $982.12
Care N Care MGMCR $983.58
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $993.32
WellCare MGMCR $1,003.06
Integranet MGMCR $1,003.06
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $1,022.53
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $1,022.53
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $1,022.53
ProCare Advantge MCR $1,022.53
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $1,022.53
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $1,022.53
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $1,022.53
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $1,022.53
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $1,032.27
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $1,032.27
Molina MME $1,061.49
Molina MMP $1,061.49
Molina MCR $1,061.49
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $1,071.22
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $1,168.61
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $1,265.99
Bravo Health MCRSNP $1,460.76
Bravo Health MCRPOS $1,460.76
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $1,460.76
Bravo Health MCRHMO $1,460.76
Bravo Health MCRPPO $1,460.76
Superior ValueHMO $1,743.17
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $1,850.30
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,928.20
Superior EPO $2,181.40
Superior HMO $2,181.40
Molina Healthcare HIX $2,551.46
Humana COMM $5,501.77

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Below knee suction socket at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $954.36 – $2,093.76
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $954.36 – $2,093.76
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $954.36 – $2,093.76
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $954.36 – $2,093.76
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $954.36 – $2,093.76
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $954.36 – $2,093.76
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $954.36 – $2,093.76
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $954.36 – $2,093.76

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