Enzyme histochemistry 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

$689.02

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.

$689.02

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.

$48.23 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,256.40 with BCBS — 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 $48.23 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $48.23 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $48.23 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $48.23 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $48.23 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $93.02 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $96.46 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $119.89 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $143.32 ↓ -79%
Aetna QHPHIX $149.97 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $168.81 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $177.77 ↓ -74%
Aetna NewBusiness $206.56 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $206.71 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $206.71 ↓ -70%
Aetna Meritain $220.00 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMM $220.00 ↓ -68%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $232.89 ↓ -66%
Aetna OON $258.91 ↓ -62%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $275.61 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $305.92 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $310.06 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $310.06 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $344.51 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $363.11 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $378.96 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $378.96 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $378.96 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $378.96 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $399.63 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $416.86 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $416.86 ↓ -39%
Cigna LocalPlus $437.10 ↓ -37%
Cigna NewBusiness $437.52 ↓ -37%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $447.86 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $482.31 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $482.31 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $482.31 ↓ -30%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $488.46 ↓ -29%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $488.46 ↓ -29%
Cigna HMO $488.46 ↓ -29%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $516.76 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $516.76 ↓ -25%
Humana COMM $522.17 ↓ -24%
USA Managed Care COMM $551.22 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $551.22 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $585.67 ↓ -15%
Cigna AllOther $617.81 ↓ -10%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $656.15 ↓ -5%
United AllPayerAppendix $656.15 ↓ -5%
United SmallGroup $656.15 ↓ -5%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $689.02 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $689.02 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $689.02 ↑ +0%
BCBS BluePremier $804.10 ↑ +17%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,099.35 ↑ +60%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,099.35 ↑ +60%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,143.32 ↑ +66%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,143.32 ↑ +66%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,199.86 ↑ +74%
BCBS PPO $1,256.40 ↑ +82%
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