Critical care each additional 30 minutes 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

$2,664.40

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.

$2,664.40

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.

$74.83 with Humana vs $10,622.00 with Aetna — 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
Humana COMM $74.83 ↓ -97%
Cigna IFP $359.69 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $373.02 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $463.61 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $652.78 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $687.42 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $799.32 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $799.32 ↓ -70%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $800.00 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $900.57 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,065.76 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,065.76 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,182.99 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $1,198.98 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,332.20 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,404.14 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,465.42 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,465.42 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,465.42 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,465.42 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,545.35 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,611.96 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,611.96 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $1,731.86 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,865.08 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,865.08 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,865.08 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,998.30 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,998.30 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $2,131.52 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $2,131.52 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,264.74 ↓ -15%
Oscar HIX $2,433.00 ↓ -9%
Unicare MCD $2,664.40 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,664.40 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,664.40 ↑ +0%
United SmallGroup $3,275.00 ↑ +23%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3,448.00 ↑ +29%
BCBS BluePremier $4,360.00 ↑ +64%
United AllPayerAppendix $4,900.00 ↑ +84%
Cigna LocalPlus $5,630.00 ↑ +111%
Cigna NewBusiness $5,635.00 ↑ +111%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $6,000.00 ↑ +125%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6,000.00 ↑ +125%
Aetna QHPHIX $6,166.00 ↑ +131%
Cigna HMO $6,290.00 ↑ +136%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $6,290.00 ↑ +136%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $6,290.00 ↑ +136%
BCBS BlueEssentials $7,000.00 ↑ +163%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $7,000.00 ↑ +163%
BCBS EPOSOA $7,360.00 ↑ +176%
BCBS PPO $7,720.00 ↑ +190%
Cigna AllOther $7,957.00 ↑ +199%
Aetna NewBusiness $8,451.00 ↑ +217%
Aetna COMM $9,030.00 ↑ +239%
Aetna Meritain $9,030.00 ↑ +239%
Aetna OON $10,622.00 ↑ +299%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $845.09 $225.36 – $6,643.00
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