Cytopathology cellular enhancement technique non-gyn 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

$997.88

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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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$997.88

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.

$49.76 with United vs $997.88 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 SmallGroup $49.76 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $49.76 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPHIX $51.73 ↓ -95%
BCBS BluePremier $63.32 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $69.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $69.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $69.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $69.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $69.85 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $71.25 ↓ -93%
Aetna Meritain $75.88 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMM $75.88 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $86.57 ↓ -91%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $86.57 ↓ -91%
Aetna OON $89.30 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $90.04 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueEssentials $90.04 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $94.49 ↓ -91%
BCBS PPO $98.94 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $134.71 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $139.70 ↓ -86%
Cigna LocalPlus $159.46 ↓ -84%
Cigna NewBusiness $159.61 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $173.63 ↓ -83%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $178.20 ↓ -82%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $178.20 ↓ -82%
Cigna HMO $178.20 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $207.56 ↓ -79%
Cigna AllOther $225.39 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $244.48 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $257.45 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $299.36 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $299.36 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $337.28 ↓ -66%
Humana COMM $342.84 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $399.15 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $443.06 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $449.05 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $449.05 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $498.94 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $525.88 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $548.83 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $548.83 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $548.83 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $548.83 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $578.77 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $603.72 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $603.72 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $648.62 ↓ -35%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $698.52 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $698.52 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $698.52 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $748.41 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $748.41 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $798.30 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $798.30 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $848.20 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $997.88 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $997.88 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $997.88 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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