Chemotaxis assay 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

not published by hospital

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

not published by hospital

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$13.43 with United vs $177.63 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
United STAR $13.43
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.43
Amerigroup CHIP $13.43
United CHIP $13.43
United STARPerinate $13.43
United STARPLUS $13.43
United STARKids $13.43
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $14.10
Aetna Better Health CHIP $14.50
Aetna Better Health MCD $14.50
Molina STARKIDS $14.77
Molina STAR+PLUS $14.77
Molina CHIP $14.77
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $14.77
Molina MCDSTAR $14.77
WellMed MGMCR $15.91
BCBS MGMCRHMO $15.99
Devoted Health SNP $15.99
Devoted Health HMO $15.99
Humana MGMCR $15.99
Devoted Health PPO $15.99
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $15.99
United AllPayerAppendix $15.99
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $15.99
Triwest Veterans FED $15.99
Devoted Health MME $15.99
United SmallGroup $15.99
Devoted Health MCR $15.99
BCBS MCRPPO $15.99
Devoted Health POS $15.99
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $15.99
Amerigroup DualEligible $15.99
United MGMCR $16.07
Aetna MCR $16.13
Care N Care MGMCR $16.15
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $16.31
Integranet MGMCR $16.47
WellCare MGMCR $16.47
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $16.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $16.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $16.79
Humana Tricare $16.79
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $16.79
ProCare Advantge MCR $16.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $16.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $16.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $16.79
Humana MGMCD $16.79
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $16.95
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $16.95
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $17.31
Molina MME $17.43
Molina MCR $17.43
Molina MMP $17.43
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $17.59
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $19.19
Aetna QHPHIX $20.33
BCBS BluePremier $20.47
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $20.79
Bravo Health MCRHMO $23.98
Bravo Health MCRPPO $23.98
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $23.98
Bravo Health MCRSNP $23.98
Bravo Health MCRPOS $23.98
BCBS MyBlueHealth $27.98
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $27.98
Aetna NewBusiness $28.00
Superior ValueHMO $28.62
BCBS BlueEssentials $29.10
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $29.10
Aetna COMM $29.82
Aetna Meritain $29.82
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $30.38
BCBS EPOSOA $30.54
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $31.66
BCBS PPO $31.98
Aetna OON $35.10
Superior HMO $35.82
Superior EPO $35.82
Oscar HIX $41.57
Molina Healthcare HIX $41.89
Cigna LocalPlus $63.09
Cigna NewBusiness $63.15
Cigna HMO $70.51
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $70.51
Cigna NetworkBenefit $70.51
Cigna AllOther $89.18
Humana COMM $177.63
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Chemotaxis assay at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $13.43 – $31.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $21.31 $4.39 – $38.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $21.31 $12.00 – $38.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $21.31 $12.00 – $38.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $21.31 $8.00 – $38.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $21.31 $12.00 – $38.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $21.31 $11.72 – $38.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $21.31 $12.00 – $38.38

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →