Chloride 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

$475.18

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.

$475.18

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.

$3.86 with Amerigroup vs $475.18 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
Amerigroup CHIP $3.86 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.86 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $3.86 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $3.86 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $3.86 ↓ -99%
United STAR $3.86 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $3.86 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $4.05 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $4.17 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $4.17 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $4.25 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $4.25 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $4.25 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $4.25 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $4.25 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $4.58 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.60 ↓ -99%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $4.60 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $4.60 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $4.60 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.60 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $4.60 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $4.60 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.60 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $4.60 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $4.60 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $4.60 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $4.60 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.60 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $4.60 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $4.60 ↓ -99%
Triwest Veterans FED $4.60 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $4.62 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $4.64 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $4.65 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $4.69 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $4.74 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $4.74 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $4.83 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $4.83 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $4.83 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $4.83 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $4.83 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $4.83 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $4.83 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $4.83 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $4.83 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $4.83 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $4.88 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $4.88 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $4.98 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $5.01 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $5.01 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $5.01 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $5.06 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.52 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $5.85 ↓ -99%
BCBS BluePremier $5.89 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $5.98 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $6.90 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $6.90 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $6.90 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $6.90 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $6.90 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.05 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $8.05 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $8.06 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $8.23 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $8.37 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentials $8.37 ↓ -98%
Aetna Meritain $8.58 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $8.58 ↓ -98%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $8.74 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $8.79 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.11 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $9.20 ↓ -98%
Aetna OON $10.10 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $10.30 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $10.30 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $11.96 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.05 ↓ -97%
Cigna LocalPlus $18.81 ↓ -96%
Cigna NewBusiness $18.82 ↓ -96%
Cigna HMO $21.02 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $21.02 ↓ -96%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $21.02 ↓ -96%
Cigna AllOther $26.58 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $33.26 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $33.26 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $33.26 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $33.26 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $33.26 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $51.11 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $64.15 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $66.53 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $82.68 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $116.42 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $122.60 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $142.55 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $142.55 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $160.61 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $190.07 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $210.98 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $213.83 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $213.83 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $237.59 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $250.42 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $261.35 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $261.35 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $261.35 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $261.35 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $275.60 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $287.48 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $287.48 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $308.87 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $332.63 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $332.63 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $332.63 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $356.38 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $356.38 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $380.14 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $380.14 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $403.90 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $475.18 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $475.18 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $475.18 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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