Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$945.62
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$945.62
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$24.08 with United vs $945.62 with Independent Medical Systems — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 | SmallGroup | $24.08 | ↓ -97% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $24.08 | ↓ -97% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $24.08 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $28.13 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $31.86 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $38.47 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $38.47 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $40.00 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $40.00 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $41.98 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $43.89 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | PPO | $43.96 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | COMM | $46.74 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $46.74 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | OON | $55.01 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $66.19 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $66.19 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $66.19 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $66.19 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $66.19 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $99.08 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $99.17 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | HMO | $110.72 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $110.72 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $110.72 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | IFP | $127.66 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $132.39 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $140.04 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $164.54 | ↓ -83% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $179.67 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | COMM | $181.86 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $196.69 | ↓ -79% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $231.68 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $243.97 | ↓ -74% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $283.69 | ↓ -70% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $283.69 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $319.62 | ↓ -66% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $378.25 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $419.86 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $425.53 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $425.53 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $472.81 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $498.34 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $520.09 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $520.09 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $520.09 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $520.09 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $548.46 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $572.10 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $572.10 | ↓ -40% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $614.65 | ↓ -35% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $661.93 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $661.93 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $661.93 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $709.22 | ↓ -25% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $709.22 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $756.50 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $756.50 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $803.78 | ↓ -15% |
| Unicare | MCD | $945.62 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $945.62 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $945.62 | ↑ +0% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $154.18 | $35.00 – $218.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $154.18 | $35.00 – $218.42 |
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | $377.25 | $16.57 – $27.33 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $154.18 | $35.00 – $218.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $152.96 | $31.49 – $229.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $117.67 | $23.53 – $147.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $152.96 | $36.00 – $229.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $152.96 | $26.00 – $229.45 |