Cytopath tbs c/v 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.

$35.46 with United vs $379.91 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 $35.46
Amerigroup MGMCD $35.46
Amerigroup CHIP $35.46
United CHIP $35.46
United STARPerinate $35.46
United STARPLUS $35.46
United STARKids $35.46
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $37.23
Aetna Better Health CHIP $38.30
Aetna Better Health MCD $38.30
Molina STARKIDS $39.01
Molina STAR+PLUS $39.01
Molina CHIP $39.01
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $39.01
Molina MCDSTAR $39.01
WellMed MGMCR $42.01
BCBS MGMCRHMO $42.22
Devoted Health SNP $42.22
Devoted Health HMO $42.22
Humana MGMCR $42.22
Devoted Health PPO $42.22
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $42.22
United AllPayerAppendix $42.22
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $42.22
Triwest Veterans FED $42.22
Devoted Health MME $42.22
United SmallGroup $42.22
Devoted Health MCR $42.22
BCBS MCRPPO $42.22
Devoted Health POS $42.22
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $42.22
Amerigroup DualEligible $42.22
United MGMCR $42.43
Aetna MCR $42.58
Care N Care MGMCR $42.64
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $43.06
Integranet MGMCR $43.49
WellCare MGMCR $43.49
Humana Tricare $44.32
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $44.33
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $44.33
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $44.33
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $44.33
ProCare Advantge MCR $44.33
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $44.33
Humana MGMCD $44.33
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $44.33
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $44.33
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $44.75
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $44.75
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $45.69
Molina MME $46.02
Molina MCR $46.02
Molina MMP $46.02
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $46.44
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $50.66
Aetna QHPHIX $53.70
BCBS BluePremier $54.04
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $54.89
Bravo Health MCRHMO $63.33
Bravo Health MCRPPO $63.33
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $63.33
Bravo Health MCRSNP $63.33
Bravo Health MCRPOS $63.33
BCBS MyBlueHealth $73.88
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $73.88
Aetna NewBusiness $73.96
Superior ValueHMO $75.57
BCBS BlueEssentials $76.84
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $76.84
Aetna COMM $78.78
Aetna Meritain $78.78
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $80.22
BCBS EPOSOA $80.64
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $83.60
BCBS PPO $84.44
Aetna OON $92.71
Superior HMO $94.57
Superior EPO $94.57
Oscar HIX $109.77
Molina Healthcare HIX $110.62
Cigna LocalPlus $167.80
Cigna NewBusiness $167.96
Cigna HMO $187.52
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $187.52
Cigna NetworkBenefit $187.52
Cigna AllOther $237.17
Humana COMM $379.91
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Cytopath tbs c/v redo at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $20.73 – $38.30
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield $182.75 $42.22 – $84.44
CHRISTUS Health - West Beaumont Beaumont $24.42 $21.11 – $162.55
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $38.00 – $162.55
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $35.46 – $44.33
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $34.75 – $174.24
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $35.46 – $174.24
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $92.20 – $184.08

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