Blood smear microscopic w manual differential wbc count 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

$167.90

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.

$167.90

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.

$3.19 with Amerigroup vs $167.90 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
Amerigroup CHIP $3.19 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.19 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $3.19 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $3.19 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $3.19 ↓ -98%
United STAR $3.19 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $3.19 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $3.35 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $3.45 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $3.45 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $3.51 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $3.51 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $3.51 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $3.51 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $3.51 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $3.78 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $3.80 ↓ -98%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $3.80 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCR $3.80 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health POS $3.80 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.80 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health PPO $3.80 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health SNP $3.80 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $3.80 ↓ -98%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $3.80 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health HMO $3.80 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $3.80 ↓ -98%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $3.80 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.80 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCR $3.80 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MME $3.80 ↓ -98%
Triwest Veterans FED $3.80 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $3.82 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $3.83 ↓ -98%
Care N Care MGMCR $3.84 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $3.88 ↓ -98%
Integranet MGMCR $3.91 ↓ -98%
WellCare MGMCR $3.91 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $3.99 ↓ -98%
Humana Tricare $3.99 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $3.99 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantge MCR $3.99 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $3.99 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $3.99 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $3.99 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $3.99 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $3.99 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $3.99 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $4.03 ↓ -98%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $4.03 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $4.11 ↓ -98%
Molina MMP $4.14 ↓ -98%
Molina MCR $4.14 ↓ -98%
Molina MME $4.14 ↓ -98%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $4.18 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $4.56 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPHIX $4.83 ↓ -97%
BCBS BluePremier $4.86 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $4.94 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $5.70 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $5.70 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $5.70 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $5.70 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $5.70 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6.65 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $6.65 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $6.66 ↓ -96%
Superior ValueHMO $6.80 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $6.92 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentials $6.92 ↓ -96%
Aetna Meritain $7.09 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $7.09 ↓ -96%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $7.22 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $7.26 ↓ -96%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7.52 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $7.60 ↓ -95%
Aetna OON $8.34 ↓ -95%
Superior HMO $8.51 ↓ -95%
Superior EPO $8.51 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $9.88 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare HIX $9.96 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $11.75 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $11.75 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $11.75 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $11.75 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $11.75 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $14.76 ↓ -91%
Cigna NewBusiness $14.78 ↓ -91%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $16.50 ↓ -90%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $16.50 ↓ -90%
Cigna HMO $16.50 ↓ -90%
Cigna AllOther $20.86 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $22.67 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $23.51 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $29.21 ↓ -83%
Humana COMM $38.15 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $41.14 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $43.32 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $50.37 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $50.37 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $56.75 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $67.16 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $74.55 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $75.56 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $75.56 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $83.95 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $88.48 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $92.34 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $92.34 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $92.34 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $92.34 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $97.38 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $101.58 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $101.58 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $109.14 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $117.53 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $117.53 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $117.53 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $125.92 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $125.92 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $134.32 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $134.32 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $142.72 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $167.90 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $167.90 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $167.90 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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