Elisa hiv-1/hiv-2 screen 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.

$15.36 with United vs $130.84 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 $15.36
United STARKids $15.36
United STARPLUS $15.36
United CHIP $15.36
United STARPerinate $15.36
Amerigroup MGMCD $15.36
Amerigroup CHIP $15.36
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $16.13
Aetna Better Health CHIP $16.59
Aetna Better Health MCD $16.59
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $16.90
Molina MCDSTAR $16.90
Molina STARKIDS $16.90
Molina CHIP $16.90
Molina STAR+PLUS $16.90
WellMed MGMCR $18.20
Devoted Health HMO $18.29
Devoted Health PPO $18.29
Devoted Health POS $18.29
Devoted Health MCR $18.29
Devoted Health MME $18.29
Triwest Veterans FED $18.29
Amerigroup DualEligible $18.29
Devoted Health SNP $18.29
BCBS MGMCRHMO $18.29
BCBS MCRPPO $18.29
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $18.29
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $18.29
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $18.29
United SmallGroup $18.29
United AllPayerAppendix $18.29
Humana MGMCR $18.29
United MGMCR $18.38
Aetna MCR $18.45
Care N Care MGMCR $18.47
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $18.66
Integranet MGMCR $18.84
WellCare MGMCR $18.84
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $19.20
Humana MGMCD $19.20
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $19.20
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $19.20
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $19.20
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $19.20
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $19.20
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $19.20
ProCare Advantge MCR $19.20
Humana Tricare $19.21
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $19.39
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $19.39
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $19.80
Molina MMP $19.94
Molina MCR $19.94
Molina MME $19.94
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $20.12
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $21.95
Aetna QHPHIX $23.26
BCBS BluePremier $23.41
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $23.78
Bravo Health MCRHMO $27.43
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $27.43
Bravo Health MCRPOS $27.43
Bravo Health MCRPPO $27.43
Bravo Health MCRSNP $27.43
BCBS MyBlueHealth $32.01
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $32.01
Aetna NewBusiness $32.03
Superior ValueHMO $32.74
BCBS BlueEssentials $33.29
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $33.29
Aetna Meritain $34.12
Aetna COMM $34.12
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $34.75
BCBS EPOSOA $34.93
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $36.21
BCBS PPO $36.58
Aetna OON $40.15
Superior EPO $40.97
Superior HMO $40.97
Oscar HIX $47.55
Molina Healthcare HIX $47.92
Cigna LocalPlus $72.47
Cigna NewBusiness $72.54
Cigna HMO $80.99
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $80.99
Cigna NetworkBenefit $80.99
Cigna AllOther $102.44
Humana COMM $130.84

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Elisa hiv-1/hiv-2 screen at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $15.36 – $16.59
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $140.70 $14.59 – $301.50
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $45.34 $11.58 – $76.99
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $16.46 – $70.42
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $15.36 – $50.95
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $15.05 – $75.26
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $15.36 – $75.26
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $39.95 – $79.74

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