Des thor aorta/prox ext prosth/ini 33883 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

$55,132.03

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.

$55,132.03

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.

$1,619.04 with BCBS vs $49,225.03 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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
BCBS BluePremier $1,619.04 ↓ -97%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00 ↓ -96%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $3,445.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $3,445.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $3,445.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $3,445.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $3,445.75 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMM $3,682.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna OON $4,332.00 ↓ -92%
Oscar HIX $6,587.00 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $6,645.38 ↓ -88%
Cigna QHP $6,891.50 ↓ -88%
Humana COMM $7,113.00 ↓ -87%
United SmallGroup $7,977.00 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $8,565.16 ↓ -84%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $9,352.76 ↓ -83%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9,360.00 ↓ -83%
United AllPayerAppendix $10,868.00 ↓ -80%
Curative Administrators COMM $12,018.00 ↓ -78%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $14,767.51 ↓ -73%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $14,767.51 ↓ -73%
BCBS BlueEssentials $14,944.13 ↓ -73%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $14,944.13 ↓ -73%
BCBS EPOSOA $15,689.59 ↓ -72%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $16,108.91 ↓ -71%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $16,108.91 ↓ -71%
Evry Health COMM $16,144.00 ↓ -71%
BCBS PPO $16,423.40 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $16,638.06 ↓ -70%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $19,690.01 ↓ -64%
Cigna LocalPlus $21,804.00 ↓ -60%
Cigna NewBusiness $21,826.00 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $21,855.91 ↓ -60%
City of McKinney COMM $22,151.26 ↓ -60%
Cigna HMO $24,362.00 ↓ -56%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $24,362.00 ↓ -56%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $24,362.00 ↓ -56%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $24,612.51 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASA $25,941.59 ↓ -53%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $27,073.77 ↓ -51%
Aetna WCOMP $27,073.77 ↓ -51%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $27,073.77 ↓ -51%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $27,073.77 ↓ -51%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $28,550.52 ↓ -48%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $29,781.14 ↓ -46%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $29,781.14 ↓ -46%
Cigna AllOther $30,818.00 ↓ -44%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $31,996.27 ↓ -42%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $34,457.52 ↓ -37%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $34,457.52 ↓ -37%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $34,457.52 ↓ -37%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $36,918.77 ↓ -33%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $36,918.77 ↓ -33%
USA Managed Care COMM $39,380.02 ↓ -29%
USC Health Services COMM $39,380.02 ↓ -29%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $41,841.28 ↓ -24%
Unicare MCD $49,225.03 ↓ -11%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $49,225.03 ↓ -11%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $49,225.03 ↓ -11%
WellMed MGMCR not published by hospital

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