Coombs direct 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

$551.22

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.

$551.22

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.

$4.53 with United vs $551.22 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.

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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 STARKids $4.53 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.53 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $4.53 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $4.53 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $4.53 ↓ -99%
United STAR $4.53 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $4.53 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $4.76 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $4.89 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $4.89 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $4.98 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $4.98 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $4.98 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $4.98 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $4.98 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $5.36 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $5.39 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $5.39 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.39 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $5.39 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $5.39 ↓ -99%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $5.39 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $5.39 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $5.39 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $5.39 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $5.39 ↓ -99%
Triwest Veterans FED $5.39 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.39 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $5.39 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.39 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $5.39 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $5.39 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $5.42 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $5.44 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $5.44 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $5.50 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $5.55 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $5.55 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $5.66 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $5.66 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $5.66 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $5.66 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $5.66 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $5.66 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $5.66 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $5.66 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $5.66 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $5.71 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $5.71 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $5.88 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $5.88 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $5.88 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $5.93 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $6.47 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $6.85 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $7.01 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $8.08 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $8.08 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $8.08 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $8.08 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $8.08 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $9.43 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $9.65 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $10.05 ↓ -98%
Aetna Meritain $10.05 ↓ -98%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $10.24 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $10.67 ↓ -98%
Aetna OON $11.82 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $12.07 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $12.07 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $14.01 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $14.12 ↓ -97%
Cigna LocalPlus $21.48 ↓ -96%
Cigna NewBusiness $21.50 ↓ -96%
Cigna HMO $24.00 ↓ -96%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $24.00 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $24.00 ↓ -96%
Cigna AllOther $30.35 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $38.59 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $38.59 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $38.59 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $38.59 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $38.59 ↓ -93%
BCBS BluePremier $42.79 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $58.50 ↓ -89%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $58.50 ↓ -89%
Humana COMM $59.84 ↓ -89%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $60.84 ↓ -89%
BCBS BlueEssentials $60.84 ↓ -89%
BCBS EPOSOA $63.85 ↓ -88%
BCBS PPO $66.86 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $74.41 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $77.17 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $95.91 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $135.05 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $142.21 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $165.37 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $165.37 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $186.31 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $220.49 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $244.74 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $248.05 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $248.05 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $275.61 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $290.49 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $303.17 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $303.17 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $303.17 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $303.17 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $319.71 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $333.49 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $333.49 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $358.29 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $385.85 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $385.85 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $385.85 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $413.42 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $413.42 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $440.98 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $440.98 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $468.54 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $551.22 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $551.22 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $551.22 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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