Culture anaerobic except blood 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

$1,132.52

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.

$1,132.52

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.

$7.95 with Amerigroup vs $1,132.52 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 $7.95 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.95 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $7.95 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $7.95 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $7.95 ↓ -99%
United STAR $7.95 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $7.95 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $8.35 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $8.59 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $8.59 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $8.75 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $8.75 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $8.75 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $8.75 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $8.75 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $9.42 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $9.47 ↓ -99%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $9.47 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $9.47 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $9.47 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.47 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $9.47 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $9.47 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.47 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $9.47 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $9.47 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $9.47 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $9.47 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.47 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $9.47 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $9.47 ↓ -99%
Triwest Veterans FED $9.47 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $9.52 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $9.55 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $9.56 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $9.66 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $9.75 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $9.75 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $9.94 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $9.94 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $9.94 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $9.94 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $9.94 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $9.94 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $9.94 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $9.94 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $9.94 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $9.94 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $10.04 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $10.04 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $10.25 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $10.32 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $10.32 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $10.32 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $10.42 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $11.36 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $12.04 ↓ -99%
BCBS BluePremier $12.12 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $12.31 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $14.21 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $14.21 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $14.21 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $14.21 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $14.21 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $16.57 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $16.57 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $16.59 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $16.95 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $17.24 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentials $17.24 ↓ -98%
Aetna Meritain $17.66 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $17.66 ↓ -98%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $17.99 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $18.09 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $18.75 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $18.94 ↓ -98%
Aetna OON $20.79 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $21.21 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $21.21 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $24.62 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $24.81 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalPlus $37.57 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $37.61 ↓ -97%
Cigna HMO $41.99 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $41.99 ↓ -96%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $41.99 ↓ -96%
Cigna AllOther $53.10 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $79.28 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $79.28 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $79.28 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $79.28 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $79.28 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $105.19 ↓ -91%
Cigna IFP $152.89 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $158.55 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $197.06 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $277.47 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $292.19 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $339.76 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $339.76 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $382.79 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $453.01 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $502.84 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $509.63 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $509.63 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $566.26 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $596.84 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $622.89 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $622.89 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $622.89 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $622.89 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $656.86 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $685.17 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $685.17 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $736.14 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $792.76 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $792.76 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $792.76 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $849.39 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $849.39 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $906.02 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $906.02 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $962.64 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,132.52 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,132.52 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,132.52 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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