Brace back t-lso custom 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

$18,816.00

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.

$18,816.00

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.

$1,317.12 with Superior Health Plan vs $18,816.00 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 STARKids $1,317.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,317.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $1,317.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $1,317.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,317.12 ↓ -93%
Humana Tricare $2,137.50 ↓ -89%
BCBS MCRPPO $2,160.40 ↓ -89%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $2,160.40 ↓ -89%
WellMed MGMCR $2,192.59 ↓ -88%
Devoted Health MCR $2,203.61 ↓ -88%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $2,203.61 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup DualEligible $2,203.61 ↓ -88%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $2,203.61 ↓ -88%
Triwest Veterans FED $2,203.61 ↓ -88%
Humana MGMCR $2,203.61 ↓ -88%
Devoted Health PPO $2,203.61 ↓ -88%
Devoted Health SNP $2,203.61 ↓ -88%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $2,203.61 ↓ -88%
Devoted Health MME $2,203.61 ↓ -88%
Devoted Health HMO $2,203.61 ↓ -88%
Devoted Health POS $2,203.61 ↓ -88%
United MGMCR $2,214.63 ↓ -88%
Aetna MCR $2,222.34 ↓ -88%
Care N Care MGMCR $2,225.65 ↓ -88%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $2,247.68 ↓ -88%
WellCare MGMCR $2,269.72 ↓ -88%
Integranet MGMCR $2,269.72 ↓ -88%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $2,313.79 ↓ -88%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $2,313.79 ↓ -88%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $2,313.79 ↓ -88%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $2,313.79 ↓ -88%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $2,313.79 ↓ -88%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $2,313.79 ↓ -88%
ProCare Advantge MCR $2,313.79 ↓ -88%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $2,313.79 ↓ -88%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $2,335.83 ↓ -88%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $2,335.83 ↓ -88%
Molina MMP $2,401.93 ↓ -87%
Molina MCR $2,401.93 ↓ -87%
Molina MME $2,401.93 ↓ -87%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $2,423.97 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $2,540.16 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $2,634.24 ↓ -86%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $2,644.33 ↓ -86%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $2,864.69 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $3,273.98 ↓ -83%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $3,305.41 ↓ -82%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $3,305.41 ↓ -82%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $3,305.41 ↓ -82%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $3,305.41 ↓ -82%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $3,305.41 ↓ -82%
Superior ValueHMO $3,944.46 ↓ -79%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $4,186.86 ↓ -78%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $4,363.15 ↓ -77%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,647.55 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $4,647.55 ↓ -75%
Superior HMO $4,936.09 ↓ -74%
Superior EPO $4,936.09 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $4,967.42 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $4,967.42 ↓ -74%
Cigna HMO $5,550.72 ↓ -71%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $5,550.72 ↓ -71%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $5,550.72 ↓ -71%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $5,644.80 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $5,644.80 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare HIX $5,773.46 ↓ -69%
BCBS BlueEssentials $6,002.30 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $6,002.30 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $6,303.36 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $6,359.81 ↓ -66%
BCBS PPO $6,585.60 ↓ -65%
Cigna AllOther $7,018.37 ↓ -63%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $7,526.40 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $8,354.30 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $8,467.20 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $9,408.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $9,916.03 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $10,348.80 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $10,348.80 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $10,348.80 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $10,348.80 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $10,913.28 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $11,383.68 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $11,383.68 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $12,230.40 ↓ -35%
Humana COMM $12,449.51 ↓ -34%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $13,171.20 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $14,112.00 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $14,112.00 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $15,052.80 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $15,052.80 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $15,993.60 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $18,816.00 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $18,816.00 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $18,816.00 ↑ +0%

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