Culture bacteria anaerobic 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.

$8.11 with United vs $104.92 with Humana — 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 STAR $8.11
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.11
Amerigroup CHIP $8.11
United CHIP $8.11
United STARPerinate $8.11
United STARPLUS $8.11
United STARKids $8.11
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $8.52
Aetna Better Health CHIP $8.76
Aetna Better Health MCD $8.76
Molina STARKIDS $8.92
Molina STAR+PLUS $8.92
Molina CHIP $8.92
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $8.92
Molina MCDSTAR $8.92
WellMed MGMCR $9.61
BCBS MGMCRHMO $9.66
Devoted Health SNP $9.66
Devoted Health HMO $9.66
Humana MGMCR $9.66
Devoted Health PPO $9.66
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $9.66
United AllPayerAppendix $9.66
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.66
Triwest Veterans FED $9.66
Devoted Health MME $9.66
United SmallGroup $9.66
Devoted Health MCR $9.66
BCBS MCRPPO $9.66
Devoted Health POS $9.66
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $9.66
Amerigroup DualEligible $9.66
United MGMCR $9.71
Aetna MCR $9.74
Care N Care MGMCR $9.76
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $9.85
Integranet MGMCR $9.95
WellCare MGMCR $9.95
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $10.14
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $10.14
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $10.14
Humana MGMCD $10.14
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $10.14
ProCare Advantge MCR $10.14
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $10.14
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $10.14
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $10.14
Humana Tricare $10.15
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $10.24
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $10.24
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $10.46
Molina MME $10.53
Molina MCR $10.53
Molina MMP $10.53
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $10.63
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $11.59
Aetna QHPHIX $12.30
BCBS BluePremier $12.36
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $12.56
Bravo Health MCRHMO $14.49
Bravo Health MCRPPO $14.49
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $14.49
Bravo Health MCRSNP $14.49
Bravo Health MCRPOS $14.49
BCBS MyBlueHealth $16.91
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $16.91
Aetna NewBusiness $16.94
Superior ValueHMO $17.29
BCBS BlueEssentials $17.58
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $17.58
Aetna COMM $18.04
Aetna Meritain $18.04
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $18.35
BCBS EPOSOA $18.45
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $19.13
BCBS PPO $19.32
Aetna OON $21.23
Superior HMO $21.64
Superior EPO $21.64
Oscar HIX $25.12
Molina Healthcare HIX $25.31
Cigna LocalPlus $38.95
Cigna NewBusiness $38.99
Cigna HMO $43.52
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $43.52
Cigna NetworkBenefit $43.52
Cigna AllOther $55.05
Humana COMM $104.92
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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