Bundled special stain group 2 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

$931.36

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.

$931.36

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.

$33.84 with United vs $931.36 with Independent Medical Systems — 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
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $33.84 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $33.84 ↓ -96%
BCBS BluePremier $42.79 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $58.50 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $58.50 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentials $60.84 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $60.84 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $63.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $65.20 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $65.20 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $65.20 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $65.20 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $65.20 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $66.86 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $91.48 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $125.73 ↓ -87%
Aetna NewBusiness $126.00 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $130.39 ↓ -86%
Aetna Meritain $134.20 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMM $134.20 ↓ -86%
Aetna OON $157.93 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $162.06 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $193.72 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $228.18 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $240.29 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $279.41 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $279.41 ↓ -70%
Cigna LocalPlus $280.31 ↓ -70%
Cigna NewBusiness $280.58 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $313.25 ↓ -66%
Cigna HMO $313.25 ↓ -66%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $313.25 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $314.80 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $372.54 ↓ -60%
Cigna AllOther $396.19 ↓ -57%
BCBS Traditional $413.52 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $419.11 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $419.11 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $465.68 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $490.83 ↓ -47%
Humana COMM $500.94 ↓ -46%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $512.25 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $512.25 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $512.25 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $512.25 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $540.19 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $563.47 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $563.47 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $605.38 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $651.95 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $651.95 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $651.95 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $698.52 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $698.52 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $745.09 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $745.09 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $791.66 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $931.36 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $931.36 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $931.36 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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