Conversion ext bil drg cath 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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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.

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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.

$1,151.54 with United vs $17,431.00 with Cigna — 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 STARPLUS $1,151.54
United CHIP $1,151.54
United STARPerinate $1,151.54
United STAR $1,151.54
United STARKids $1,151.54
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $1,209.12
Amerigroup CHIP $1,209.12
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,209.12
Molina STARKIDS $1,266.69
Molina CHIP $1,266.69
Molina STAR+PLUS $1,266.69
Molina MCDSTAR $1,266.69
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $1,266.69
Aetna Better Health CHIP $1,381.85
Aetna Better Health MCD $1,381.85
Humana MGMCD $1,439.42
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
WellMed MGMCR $3,614.70
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
BCBS BluePremier $4,321.98
Aetna OON $4,332.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,475.00
Humana COMM $5,584.97
Curative Administrators COMM $5,849.00
Evry Health COMM $6,054.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $6,280.87
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6,280.87
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7,083.00
Oscar HIX $7,168.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $7,431.32
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $7,431.32
United SmallGroup $7,449.00
BCBS EPOSOA $7,804.44
BCBS PPO $8,177.56
United AllPayerAppendix $10,918.00
Cigna LocalPlus $12,333.00
Cigna NewBusiness $12,346.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $13,780.00
Cigna HMO $13,780.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $13,780.00
Cigna AllOther $17,431.00

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Conversion ext bil drg cath at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $4,896.87 $1,151.54 – $8,570.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $4,896.87 $1,151.54 – $7,732.95
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $2,790.30 $1,151.54 – $1,243.66
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $4,896.87 $1,151.54 – $8,570.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $4,099.56 $71.00 – $8,649.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,281.71 $71.00 – $8,649.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $4,099.56 $85.00 – $8,649.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $4,099.56 $1,151.54 – $8,570.48

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