Brach/thor cath 1st at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$5,300.18
Cash price 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.
$5,300.18
Gross charge 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.
$331.26 with Superior Health Plan vs $5,425.51 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $331.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $331.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $331.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $331.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $331.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | IFP | $638.86 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | QHP | $662.52 | ↓ -88% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $823.42 | ↓ -84% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $899.14 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,168.88 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $1,168.88 | ↓ -78% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,259.00 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $1,381.83 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $1,399.25 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $1,399.25 | ↓ -74% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $1,419.69 | ↓ -73% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $1,419.69 | ↓ -73% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,454.00 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,509.60 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,509.60 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $1,563.55 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,563.55 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,563.55 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,585.32 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,599.52 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,656.31 | ↓ -69% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,672.00 | ↓ -68% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $1,892.92 | ↓ -64% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $1,976.97 | ↓ -63% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,995.00 | ↓ -62% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,069.00 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,101.14 | ↓ -60% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $2,129.53 | ↓ -60% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,174.00 | ↓ -59% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $2,287.00 | ↓ -57% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $2,366.15 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | ASA | $2,493.92 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $2,513.00 | ↓ -53% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $2,602.76 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $2,602.76 | ↓ -51% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $2,602.76 | ↓ -51% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $2,602.76 | ↓ -51% |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,636.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $2,744.73 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $2,863.04 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $2,863.04 | ↓ -46% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $3,075.99 | ↓ -42% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $3,312.61 | ↓ -38% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $3,312.61 | ↓ -38% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $3,312.61 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $3,445.00 | ↓ -35% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $3,549.22 | ↓ -33% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $3,549.22 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $3,682.00 | ↓ -31% |
| Aetna | COMM | $3,682.00 | ↓ -31% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $3,785.84 | ↓ -29% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $3,785.84 | ↓ -29% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $4,022.45 | ↓ -24% |
| Aetna | OON | $4,332.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Unicare | MCD | $4,732.30 | ↓ -11% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $4,732.30 | ↓ -11% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $4,732.30 | ↓ -11% |
| Humana | COMM | $5,425.51 | ↑ +2% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,885.69 | $769.52 – $4,088.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $2,885.69 | $1,346.65 – $4,088.06 |
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | $2,043.30 | not published |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,885.69 | $817.61 – $4,088.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,927.97 | $71.00 – $4,391.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,254.26 | $71.00 – $2,817.82 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,927.97 | $85.00 – $4,391.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,927.97 | $1,512.78 – $4,391.95 |