Cytopath c/v thin layer redo 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.

$19.35 with United vs $225.05 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 $19.35
Amerigroup MGMCD $19.35
Amerigroup CHIP $19.35
United CHIP $19.35
United STARPerinate $19.35
United STARPLUS $19.35
United STARKids $19.35
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $20.32
Aetna Better Health CHIP $20.90
Aetna Better Health MCD $20.90
Molina STARKIDS $21.29
Molina STAR+PLUS $21.29
Molina CHIP $21.29
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $21.29
Molina MCDSTAR $21.29
WellMed MGMCR $22.92
BCBS MGMCRHMO $23.04
Devoted Health SNP $23.04
Devoted Health HMO $23.04
Humana MGMCR $23.04
Devoted Health PPO $23.04
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $23.04
United AllPayerAppendix $23.04
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $23.04
Triwest Veterans FED $23.04
Devoted Health MME $23.04
United SmallGroup $23.04
Devoted Health MCR $23.04
BCBS MCRPPO $23.04
Devoted Health POS $23.04
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $23.04
Amerigroup DualEligible $23.04
United MGMCR $23.16
Aetna MCR $23.24
Care N Care MGMCR $23.27
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $23.50
Integranet MGMCR $23.73
WellCare MGMCR $23.73
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $24.19
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $24.19
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $24.19
Humana Tricare $24.19
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $24.19
ProCare Advantge MCR $24.19
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $24.19
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $24.19
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $24.19
Humana MGMCD $24.19
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $24.42
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $24.42
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $24.94
Molina MME $25.11
Molina MCR $25.11
Molina MMP $25.11
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $25.34
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $27.65
Aetna QHPHIX $29.30
BCBS BluePremier $29.49
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $29.95
Bravo Health MCRHMO $34.56
Bravo Health MCRPPO $34.56
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $34.56
Bravo Health MCRSNP $34.56
Bravo Health MCRPOS $34.56
BCBS MyBlueHealth $40.32
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $40.32
Aetna NewBusiness $40.35
Superior ValueHMO $41.24
BCBS BlueEssentials $41.93
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $41.93
Aetna COMM $42.98
Aetna Meritain $42.98
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $43.78
BCBS EPOSOA $44.01
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $45.62
BCBS PPO $46.08
Aetna OON $50.58
Superior HMO $51.61
Superior EPO $51.61
Oscar HIX $59.90
Molina Healthcare HIX $60.36
Cigna LocalPlus $91.28
Cigna NewBusiness $91.37
Cigna HMO $102.01
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $102.01
Cigna NetworkBenefit $102.01
Cigna AllOther $129.02
Humana COMM $225.05
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Cytopath c/v thin layer redo at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $19.35 – $39.76
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $44.98 $20.74 – $231.30
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $44.98 $19.35 – $218.45
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $44.98 $20.74 – $218.45
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $44.98 $20.74 – $231.30
Methodist Celina Medical Center Celina $32.50 $21.29 – $57.60
Methodist Charlton Medical Center Dallas $32.50 $18.38 – $79.18
Methodist Dallas Medical Center Dallas $32.50 $18.38 – $104.76

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