Cannula nasal 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

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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.

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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.

$0.89 with BCBS vs $5.87 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.

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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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.89
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.89
BCBS BluePremier $1.01
Humana Tricare $1.01
BCBS MCRPPO $1.02
BCBS MGMCRHMO $1.02
WellMed MGMCR $1.03
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $1.04
Humana MGMCR $1.04
Devoted Health SNP $1.04
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1.04
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $1.04
Amerigroup DualEligible $1.04
Devoted Health PPO $1.04
Devoted Health HMO $1.04
Devoted Health POS $1.04
Devoted Health MCR $1.04
Devoted Health MME $1.04
Triwest Veterans FED $1.04
United MGMCR $1.05
Aetna MCR $1.05
Care N Care MGMCR $1.05
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $1.06
Integranet MGMCR $1.07
WellCare MGMCR $1.07
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $1.09
ProCare Advantge MCR $1.09
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $1.09
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $1.09
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $1.09
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $1.09
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $1.09
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $1.09
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $1.10
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $1.10
Molina MME $1.13
Molina MMP $1.13
Molina MCR $1.13
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $1.14
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1.15
BCBS BlueEssentials $1.15
BCBS EPOSOA $1.21
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $1.25
BCBS PPO $1.26
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $1.35
Bravo Health MCRPOS $1.56
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $1.56
Bravo Health MCRSNP $1.56
Bravo Health MCRPPO $1.56
Bravo Health MCRHMO $1.56
Superior ValueHMO $1.86
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $1.98
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2.06
Superior EPO $2.33
Superior HMO $2.33
Molina Healthcare HIX $2.72
Humana COMM $5.87

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Cannula nasal at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco $34.47 $0.95 – $1.06
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $2.20 – $2.20
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $1.02 – $2.24
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1.02 – $2.24
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $0.98 – $0.98
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $1.02 – $2.24
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $1.02 – $2.24
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $1.02 – $2.24

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