Cell function assay w/stim 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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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.

$114.12 with United vs $1,509.28 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
United STAR $114.12
Amerigroup MGMCD $114.12
Amerigroup CHIP $114.12
United CHIP $114.12
United STARPerinate $114.12
United STARPLUS $114.12
United STARKids $114.12
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $119.83
Aetna Better Health CHIP $123.25
Aetna Better Health MCD $123.25
Molina STARKIDS $125.53
Molina STAR+PLUS $125.53
Molina CHIP $125.53
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $125.53
Molina MCDSTAR $125.53
WellMed MGMCR $135.18
BCBS MGMCRHMO $135.86
Devoted Health SNP $135.86
Devoted Health HMO $135.86
Humana MGMCR $135.86
Devoted Health PPO $135.86
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $135.86
United AllPayerAppendix $135.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $135.86
Triwest Veterans FED $135.86
Devoted Health MME $135.86
United SmallGroup $135.86
Devoted Health MCR $135.86
BCBS MCRPPO $135.86
Devoted Health POS $135.86
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $135.86
Amerigroup DualEligible $135.86
United MGMCR $136.54
Aetna MCR $137.01
Care N Care MGMCR $137.22
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $138.58
Integranet MGMCR $139.94
WellCare MGMCR $139.94
Humana Tricare $142.63
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $142.65
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $142.65
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $142.65
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $142.65
ProCare Advantge MCR $142.65
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $142.65
Humana MGMCD $142.65
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $142.65
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $142.65
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $144.01
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $144.01
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $147.04
Molina MME $148.09
Molina MCR $148.09
Molina MMP $148.09
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $149.45
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $163.03
Aetna QHPHIX $172.82
BCBS BluePremier $173.90
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $176.62
Bravo Health MCRHMO $203.79
Bravo Health MCRPPO $203.79
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $203.79
Bravo Health MCRSNP $203.79
Bravo Health MCRPOS $203.79
BCBS MyBlueHealth $237.76
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $237.76
Aetna NewBusiness $238.04
Superior ValueHMO $243.19
BCBS BlueEssentials $247.27
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $247.27
Aetna COMM $253.53
Aetna Meritain $253.53
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $258.13
BCBS EPOSOA $259.49
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $269.00
BCBS PPO $271.72
Aetna OON $298.36
Superior HMO $304.33
Superior EPO $304.33
Oscar HIX $353.24
Molina Healthcare HIX $355.95
Cigna LocalPlus $538.31
Cigna NewBusiness $538.82
Cigna HMO $601.56
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $601.56
Cigna NetworkBenefit $601.56
Cigna AllOther $760.86
Humana COMM $1,509.28
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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