Cholesterol 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

$606.66

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.

$606.66

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.

$3.65 with Amerigroup vs $606.66 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 $3.65 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $3.65 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $3.65 ↓ -99%
United STAR $3.65 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $3.65 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.65 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $3.65 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $3.83 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $3.94 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $3.94 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $4.02 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $4.02 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $4.02 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $4.02 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $4.02 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $4.33 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.35 ↓ -99%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $4.35 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $4.35 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $4.35 ↓ -99%
Triwest Veterans FED $4.35 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $4.35 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $4.35 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.35 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $4.35 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $4.35 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $4.35 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.35 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.35 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $4.35 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $4.35 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $4.35 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $4.37 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $4.39 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $4.39 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $4.44 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $4.48 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $4.48 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $4.56 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $4.57 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $4.57 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $4.57 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $4.57 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $4.57 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $4.57 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $4.57 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $4.57 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $4.57 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $4.61 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $4.61 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $4.71 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $4.74 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $4.74 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $4.74 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $4.79 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.22 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $5.53 ↓ -99%
BCBS BluePremier $5.57 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $5.65 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $6.52 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $6.52 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $6.52 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $6.52 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $6.52 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $7.61 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $7.61 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $7.62 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $7.79 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $7.92 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentials $7.92 ↓ -99%
Aetna Meritain $8.12 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $8.12 ↓ -99%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $8.26 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $8.31 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $8.61 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $8.70 ↓ -99%
Aetna OON $9.55 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $9.74 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $9.74 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $11.31 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $11.40 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalPlus $17.47 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $17.49 ↓ -97%
Cigna HMO $19.53 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $19.53 ↓ -97%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $19.53 ↓ -97%
Cigna AllOther $24.70 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $42.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $42.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $42.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $42.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $42.47 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $48.32 ↓ -92%
Cigna IFP $81.90 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $84.93 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $105.56 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $148.63 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $156.52 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $182.00 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $182.00 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $205.05 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $242.66 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $269.36 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $273.00 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $273.00 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $303.33 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $319.71 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $333.66 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $333.66 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $333.66 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $333.66 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $351.86 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $367.03 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $367.03 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $394.33 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $424.66 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $424.66 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $424.66 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $455.00 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $455.00 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $485.33 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $485.33 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $515.66 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $606.66 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $606.66 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $606.66 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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