Culture urine each isolate 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

$331.03

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.

$331.03

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.

$6.80 with Amerigroup vs $331.03 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 $6.80 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.80 ↓ -98%
United STAR $6.80 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $6.80 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $6.80 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $6.80 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $6.80 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $7.14 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $7.34 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $7.34 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $7.48 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $7.48 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $7.48 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $7.48 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $7.48 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $8.05 ↓ -98%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $8.09 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health SNP $8.09 ↓ -98%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $8.09 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCR $8.09 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCR $8.09 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MME $8.09 ↓ -98%
Triwest Veterans FED $8.09 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $8.09 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.09 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $8.09 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health PPO $8.09 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.09 ↓ -98%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $8.09 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health HMO $8.09 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health POS $8.09 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $8.09 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $8.13 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $8.16 ↓ -98%
Care N Care MGMCR $8.17 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $8.25 ↓ -98%
WellCare MGMCR $8.33 ↓ -97%
Integranet MGMCR $8.33 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $8.49 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantge MCR $8.49 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $8.49 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $8.49 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $8.49 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $8.49 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $8.49 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $8.49 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $8.50 ↓ -97%
Humana Tricare $8.50 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $8.58 ↓ -97%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $8.58 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.76 ↓ -97%
Molina MME $8.82 ↓ -97%
Molina MMP $8.82 ↓ -97%
Molina MCR $8.82 ↓ -97%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $8.90 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $9.71 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPHIX $10.28 ↓ -97%
BCBS BluePremier $10.36 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $10.52 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $12.13 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $12.13 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $12.13 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $12.13 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $12.13 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $14.16 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $14.16 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $14.16 ↓ -96%
Superior ValueHMO $14.48 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentials $14.72 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $14.72 ↓ -96%
Aetna Meritain $15.08 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $15.08 ↓ -95%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $15.37 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $15.45 ↓ -95%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $16.02 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $16.18 ↓ -95%
Aetna OON $17.75 ↓ -95%
Superior HMO $18.12 ↓ -95%
Superior EPO $18.12 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $21.03 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare HIX $21.20 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $23.17 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $23.17 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $23.17 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $23.17 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $23.17 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $32.23 ↓ -90%
Cigna NewBusiness $32.27 ↓ -90%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $36.02 ↓ -89%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $36.02 ↓ -89%
Cigna HMO $36.02 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $44.69 ↓ -86%
Cigna AllOther $45.56 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $46.34 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $57.60 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $81.10 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $85.41 ↓ -74%
Humana COMM $89.89 ↓ -73%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $99.31 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $99.31 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $111.89 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $132.41 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $146.98 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $148.96 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $148.96 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $165.51 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $174.45 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $182.07 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $182.07 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $182.07 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $182.07 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $192.00 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $200.27 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $200.27 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $215.17 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $231.72 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $231.72 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $231.72 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $248.27 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $248.27 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $264.82 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $264.82 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $281.38 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $331.03 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $331.03 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $331.03 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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