Carbon dioxide 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

$354.79

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.

$354.79

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.

$4.10 with United vs $354.79 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
United STAR $4.10 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.10 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $4.10 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $4.10 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $4.10 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $4.10 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $4.10 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $4.30 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $4.43 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $4.43 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $4.51 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $4.51 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $4.51 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $4.51 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $4.51 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $4.86 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $4.88 ↓ -99%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $4.88 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $4.88 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $4.88 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.88 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.88 ↓ -99%
Triwest Veterans FED $4.88 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $4.88 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $4.88 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.88 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $4.88 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $4.88 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.88 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $4.88 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $4.88 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $4.88 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $4.90 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $4.92 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $4.93 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $4.98 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $5.03 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $5.03 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $5.12 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $5.12 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $5.12 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $5.12 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $5.12 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $5.12 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $5.12 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $5.12 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $5.12 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $5.13 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $5.17 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $5.17 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.28 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $5.32 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $5.32 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $5.32 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $5.37 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.86 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPHIX $6.21 ↓ -98%
BCBS BluePremier $6.25 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $6.34 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $7.32 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $7.32 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $7.32 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $7.32 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $7.32 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.54 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $8.54 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $8.56 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $8.74 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $8.88 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueEssentials $8.88 ↓ -97%
Aetna Meritain $9.11 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $9.11 ↓ -97%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $9.27 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $9.32 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.66 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $9.76 ↓ -97%
Aetna OON $10.72 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $10.93 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $10.93 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $12.69 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.79 ↓ -96%
Cigna LocalPlus $18.81 ↓ -95%
Cigna NewBusiness $18.82 ↓ -95%
Cigna HMO $21.02 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $21.02 ↓ -94%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $21.02 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $24.84 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $24.84 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $24.84 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $24.84 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $24.84 ↓ -93%
Cigna AllOther $26.58 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $47.90 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $49.67 ↓ -86%
Humana COMM $54.26 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $61.73 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $86.92 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $91.54 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $106.44 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $106.44 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $119.92 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $141.92 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $157.53 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $159.66 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $159.66 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $177.40 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $186.97 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $195.13 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $195.13 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $195.13 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $195.13 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $205.78 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $214.65 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $214.65 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $230.61 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $248.35 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $248.35 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $248.35 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $266.09 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $266.09 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $283.83 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $283.83 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $301.57 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $354.79 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $354.79 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $354.79 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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