Bld prd mix 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.

$32.42 with Superior Health Plan vs $463.09 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
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $32.42
Superior Health Plan CHIP $32.42
Superior Health Plan STARKids $32.42
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $32.42
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $32.42
Aetna QHPHIX $42.91
Aetna NewBusiness $59.10
Cigna IFP $60.80
Aetna COMM $62.95
Aetna Meritain $62.95
Cigna QHP $63.05
Aetna OON $74.08
United OptionsPPO $78.36
Oscar HIX $93.67
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $110.33
Evry Health COMM $116.19
Cigna LocalPlus $126.18
Cigna NewBusiness $126.31
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $138.93
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $138.93
Humana COMM $139.56
Cigna HMO $141.01
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $141.01
Cigna NetworkBenefit $141.01
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $149.16
United SmallGroup $149.16
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $152.21
Cigna AllOther $178.35
Prominence Health Plan HIX $180.14
BCBS BluePremier $183.68
BCBS Traditional $205.61
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $208.39
City of McKinney COMM $208.39
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $231.54
Aetna ASA $237.33
BCBS MyBlueHealth $251.13
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $251.13
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $254.70
Aetna WCOMP $254.70
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $254.70
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $254.70
BCBS BlueEssentials $261.17
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $261.17
Averde Health, Inc PPO $268.59
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $272.46
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $272.46
BCBS EPOSOA $274.08
BCBS PPO $287.00
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $301.01
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $315.24
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $324.16
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $324.16
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $347.32
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $347.32
USA Managed Care COMM $370.47
USC Health Services COMM $370.47
Galaxy Health Network PPO $393.63
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $450.34
Independent Medical Systems COMM $450.34
Unicare MCD $463.09
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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