Echo transesophageal intraop 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

$3,410.94

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.

$3,410.94

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.

$238.77 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,410.94 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $238.77 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $238.77 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $238.77 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $238.77 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $238.77 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup CHIP $249.26 ↓ -93%
United STARPerinate $249.26 ↓ -93%
United STARPLUS $249.26 ↓ -93%
United STARKids $249.26 ↓ -93%
United STAR $249.26 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCD $249.26 ↓ -93%
United CHIP $249.26 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $261.72 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $269.20 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health MCD $269.20 ↓ -92%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $274.19 ↓ -92%
Molina CHIP $274.19 ↓ -92%
Molina STAR+PLUS $274.19 ↓ -92%
Molina STARKIDS $274.19 ↓ -92%
Molina MCDSTAR $274.19 ↓ -92%
Humana MGMCD $311.57 ↓ -91%
Cigna IFP $460.48 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $477.53 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $555.98 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $593.50 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $709.48 ↓ -79%
Humana COMM $711.22 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $811.80 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $835.68 ↓ -76%
Aetna Meritain $873.20 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $873.20 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $880.02 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $900.49 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $900.49 ↓ -74%
Cigna HMO $1,006.23 ↓ -70%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,006.23 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,006.23 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $1,023.28 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $1,023.28 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $1,023.28 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,152.90 ↓ -66%
BCBS BluePremier $1,173.72 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $1,272.28 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,364.38 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,364.38 ↓ -60%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,367.68 ↓ -60%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,367.68 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,514.46 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $1,534.92 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,534.92 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,705.47 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,797.57 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,876.02 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,876.02 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,876.02 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,876.02 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,978.35 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,063.62 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,063.62 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $2,217.11 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,387.66 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,387.66 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,387.66 ↓ -30%
BCBS BlueEssentials $2,422.05 ↓ -29%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $2,422.05 ↓ -29%
BCBS EPOSOA $2,541.41 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,558.20 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,558.20 ↓ -25%
BCBS PPO $2,660.77 ↓ -22%
USA Managed Care COMM $2,728.75 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $2,728.75 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,899.30 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $3,410.94 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,410.94 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,410.94 ↑ +0%

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