Cytopath c/v auto in fluid 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.

$21.31 with United vs $237.38 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 $21.31
Amerigroup MGMCD $21.31
Amerigroup CHIP $21.31
United CHIP $21.31
United STARPerinate $21.31
United STARPLUS $21.31
United STARKids $21.31
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $22.38
Aetna Better Health CHIP $23.01
Aetna Better Health MCD $23.01
Molina STARKIDS $23.44
Molina STAR+PLUS $23.44
Molina CHIP $23.44
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $23.44
Molina MCDSTAR $23.44
WellMed MGMCR $25.24
BCBS MGMCRHMO $25.37
Devoted Health SNP $25.37
Devoted Health HMO $25.37
Humana MGMCR $25.37
Devoted Health PPO $25.37
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $25.37
United AllPayerAppendix $25.37
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $25.37
Triwest Veterans FED $25.37
Devoted Health MME $25.37
United SmallGroup $25.37
Devoted Health MCR $25.37
BCBS MCRPPO $25.37
Devoted Health POS $25.37
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $25.37
Amerigroup DualEligible $25.37
United MGMCR $25.50
Aetna MCR $25.59
Care N Care MGMCR $25.62
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $25.88
Integranet MGMCR $26.13
WellCare MGMCR $26.13
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $26.64
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $26.64
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $26.64
Humana Tricare $26.64
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $26.64
ProCare Advantge MCR $26.64
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $26.64
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $26.64
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $26.64
Humana MGMCD $26.64
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $26.89
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $26.89
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $27.46
Molina MME $27.65
Molina MCR $27.65
Molina MMP $27.65
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $27.91
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $30.44
Aetna QHPHIX $32.27
BCBS BluePremier $32.47
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $32.98
Bravo Health MCRHMO $38.05
Bravo Health MCRPPO $38.05
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $38.05
Bravo Health MCRSNP $38.05
Bravo Health MCRPOS $38.05
BCBS MyBlueHealth $44.40
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $44.40
Aetna NewBusiness $44.44
Superior ValueHMO $45.41
BCBS BlueEssentials $46.17
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $46.17
Aetna COMM $47.33
Aetna Meritain $47.33
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $48.20
BCBS EPOSOA $48.46
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $50.23
BCBS PPO $50.74
Aetna OON $55.71
Superior HMO $56.83
Superior EPO $56.83
Oscar HIX $65.96
Molina Healthcare HIX $66.47
Cigna LocalPlus $100.66
Cigna NewBusiness $100.76
Cigna HMO $112.49
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $112.49
Cigna NetworkBenefit $112.49
Cigna AllOther $142.28
Humana COMM $237.38
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Cytopath c/v auto in fluid at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $21.31 – $41.93
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $40.50 $21.31 – $243.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $40.50 $21.31 – $243.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine San Augustine $40.50 $21.31 – $243.00
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon San Antonio $139.26 $12.69 – $85.60
Methodist Celina Medical Center Celina $24.50 $23.44 – $63.43
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $24.50 $20.24 – $87.20
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $24.50 $20.24 – $115.37

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