Bundle his recording 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

$21,504.87

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.

$21,504.87

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.

$2,903.16 with Cigna vs $43,890.00 with Curative Administrators — 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
Cigna IFP $2,903.16 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $3,010.68 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $3,505.29 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $3,741.85 ↓ -83%
Aetna NewBusiness $5,118.16 ↓ -76%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $5,311.70 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $5,311.70 ↓ -75%
Aetna Meritain $5,505.25 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $5,505.25 ↓ -74%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5,591.00 ↓ -74%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5,591.00 ↓ -74%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5,591.00 ↓ -74%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $5,591.00 ↓ -74%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $5,591.00 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $5,677.29 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $5,677.29 ↓ -74%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $6,343.94 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $6,343.94 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $6,343.94 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $6,451.46 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $6,451.46 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $6,451.46 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueEssentials $6,860.05 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $6,860.05 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $7,204.13 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $7,268.65 ↓ -66%
BCBS PPO $7,526.70 ↓ -65%
Cigna AllOther $8,021.32 ↓ -63%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $8,300.00 ↓ -61%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $8,601.95 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $9,548.16 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $9,677.19 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $10,752.43 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $11,333.07 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $11,827.68 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $11,827.68 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $11,827.68 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $11,827.68 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $12,472.82 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $13,010.45 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $13,010.45 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $13,978.17 ↓ -35%
BCBS BluePremier $15,008.56 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $15,053.41 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $15,053.41 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $15,053.41 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $16,128.65 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $16,128.65 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $17,203.90 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $17,203.90 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $18,279.14 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $21,504.87 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $21,504.87 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $21,504.87 ↑ +0%
United SmallGroup $24,000.00 ↑ +12%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $25,253.00 ↑ +17%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $26,766.00 ↑ +24%
Humana COMM $27,514.00 ↑ +28%
Oscar HIX $29,429.00 ↑ +37%
Evry Health COMM $29,597.00 ↑ +38%
United AllPayerAppendix $33,939.00 ↑ +58%
Curative Administrators COMM $43,890.00 ↑ +104%

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