Cath lt/rt pulm art 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.

$306.20 with Superior Health Plan vs $4,389.22 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $306.20
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $306.20
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $306.20
Superior Health Plan CHIP $306.20
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $306.20
Cigna IFP $590.53
Cigna QHP $612.41
United OptionsPPO $761.13
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $831.12
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,080.46
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,080.46
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,259.00
BCBS BluePremier $1,277.30
Cigna LocalPlus $1,293.40
Cigna NewBusiness $1,293.40
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $1,312.30
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $1,312.30
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,395.41
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,395.41
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,445.28
Cigna HMO $1,445.28
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,445.28
United SmallGroup $1,454.00
BCBS EPOSOA $1,465.40
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,478.52
BCBS PPO $1,531.02
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,749.73
Cigna AllOther $1,827.42
BCBS Traditional $1,942.20
City of McKinney COMM $1,968.45
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,968.45
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,187.16
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00
Aetna ASA $2,305.27
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,405.88
Aetna WCOMP $2,405.88
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,405.88
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,405.88
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,537.11
Oscar HIX $2,636.00
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,646.47
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,646.47
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $2,843.31
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,062.03
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,062.03
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,062.03
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,280.75
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,280.75
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
USC Health Services COMM $3,499.46
USA Managed Care COMM $3,499.46
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,718.18
Aetna OON $4,332.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,374.33
Unicare MCD $4,374.33
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4,374.33
Humana COMM $4,389.22
WellMed MGMCR not published by hospital

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,082.23 $555.26 – $2,949.83
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