Cystatin c 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

$21.60

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.

$21.60

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.

$1.51 with Superior Health Plan vs $166.65 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.51 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $1.51 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $1.51 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.51 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.51 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $2.92 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $3.02 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $3.76 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5.29 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $5.57 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $6.48 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $6.48 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $7.30 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $8.64 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $9.59 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $9.72 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $9.72 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $10.80 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $11.38 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $11.88 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $11.88 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $11.88 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $11.88 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $12.53 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $13.07 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $13.07 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $14.04 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $15.12 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $15.12 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $15.12 ↓ -30%
United STAR $15.56 ↓ -28%
United CHIP $15.56 ↓ -28%
United STARKids $15.56 ↓ -28%
United STARPLUS $15.56 ↓ -28%
United STARPerinate $15.56 ↓ -28%
Amerigroup CHIP $15.56 ↓ -28%
Amerigroup MGMCD $15.56 ↓ -28%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $16.20 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $16.20 ↓ -25%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $16.34 ↓ -24%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $16.80 ↓ -22%
Aetna Better Health MCD $16.80 ↓ -22%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $17.12 ↓ -21%
Molina STARKIDS $17.12 ↓ -21%
Molina MCDSTAR $17.12 ↓ -21%
Molina CHIP $17.12 ↓ -21%
Molina STAR+PLUS $17.12 ↓ -21%
USC Health Services COMM $17.28 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $17.28 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $18.36 ↓ -15%
WellMed MGMCR $18.43 ↓ -15%
Devoted Health MME $18.52 ↓ -14%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.52 ↓ -14%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $18.52 ↓ -14%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $18.52 ↓ -14%
Devoted Health SNP $18.52 ↓ -14%
Devoted Health MCR $18.52 ↓ -14%
Devoted Health HMO $18.52 ↓ -14%
Devoted Health POS $18.52 ↓ -14%
Triwest Veterans FED $18.52 ↓ -14%
Humana MGMCR $18.52 ↓ -14%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $18.52 ↓ -14%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $18.52 ↓ -14%
Amerigroup DualEligible $18.52 ↓ -14%
BCBS MCRPPO $18.52 ↓ -14%
United SmallGroup $18.52 ↓ -14%
Devoted Health PPO $18.52 ↓ -14%
United MGMCR $18.61 ↓ -14%
Aetna MCR $18.68 ↓ -14%
Care N Care MGMCR $18.71 ↓ -13%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $18.89 ↓ -13%
Integranet MGMCR $19.08 ↓ -12%
WellCare MGMCR $19.08 ↓ -12%
Humana Tricare $19.44 ↓ -10%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $19.45 ↓ -10%
Humana MGMCD $19.45 ↓ -10%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $19.45 ↓ -10%
ProCare Advantge MCR $19.45 ↓ -10%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $19.45 ↓ -10%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $19.45 ↓ -10%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $19.45 ↓ -10%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $19.45 ↓ -10%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $19.45 ↓ -10%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $19.63 ↓ -9%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $19.63 ↓ -9%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $20.04 ↓ -7%
Molina MCR $20.19 ↓ -7%
Molina MMP $20.19 ↓ -7%
Molina MME $20.19 ↓ -7%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $20.37 ↓ -6%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $21.60 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $21.60 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $21.60 ↑ +0%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $22.22 ↑ +3%
Aetna QHPHIX $23.55 ↑ +9%
BCBS BluePremier $23.71 ↑ +10%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $24.08 ↑ +11%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $27.78 ↑ +29%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $27.78 ↑ +29%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $27.78 ↑ +29%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $27.78 ↑ +29%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $27.78 ↑ +29%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $32.41 ↑ +50%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $32.41 ↑ +50%
Aetna NewBusiness $32.44 ↑ +50%
Superior ValueHMO $33.15 ↑ +53%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $33.71 ↑ +56%
BCBS BlueEssentials $33.71 ↑ +56%
Aetna COMM $34.55 ↑ +60%
Aetna Meritain $34.55 ↑ +60%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $35.19 ↑ +63%
BCBS EPOSOA $35.37 ↑ +64%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $36.67 ↑ +70%
BCBS PPO $37.04 ↑ +71%
Aetna OON $40.66 ↑ +88%
Superior EPO $41.48 ↑ +92%
Superior HMO $41.48 ↑ +92%
Oscar HIX $48.15 ↑ +123%
Molina Healthcare HIX $48.52 ↑ +125%
Cigna LocalPlus $73.85 ↑ +242%
Cigna NewBusiness $73.92 ↑ +242%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $82.53 ↑ +282%
Cigna HMO $82.53 ↑ +282%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $82.53 ↑ +282%
Cigna AllOther $104.38 ↑ +383%
Humana COMM $166.65 ↑ +672%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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