ER Visit (level 2) 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

$1,745.13

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.

$1,745.13

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.

$56.50 with Parkland Community Health Plan vs $1,745.13 with Unicare — 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
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $56.50 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $64.20 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $77.04 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $77.04 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $140.00 ↓ -92%
Molina STAR+PLUS $140.00 ↓ -92%
Molina CHIP $140.00 ↓ -92%
Molina MCDSTAR $140.00 ↓ -92%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $200.00 ↓ -89%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $200.52 ↓ -89%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $200.52 ↓ -89%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $200.52 ↓ -89%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $200.52 ↓ -89%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $200.52 ↓ -89%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $200.52 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $235.59 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $244.32 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $303.65 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup MGMCD $363.00 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup CHIP $363.00 ↓ -79%
Aetna QHPHIX $433.00 ↓ -75%
Oscar HIX $491.00 ↓ -72%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $523.54 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $523.54 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $589.85 ↓ -66%
Aetna NewBusiness $592.00 ↓ -66%
BCBS BluePremier $596.00 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMM $633.00 ↓ -64%
Aetna Meritain $633.00 ↓ -64%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $698.05 ↓ -60%
Aetna OON $744.00 ↓ -57%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $747.00 ↓ -57%
BCBS Traditional $774.84 ↓ -56%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $776.00 ↓ -56%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $776.00 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $785.31 ↓ -55%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $790.00 ↓ -55%
Evry Health COMM $831.00 ↓ -52%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $872.57 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $919.68 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $959.82 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $959.82 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $959.82 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $959.82 ↓ -45%
United SmallGroup $975.00 ↓ -44%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,000.00 ↓ -43%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,000.00 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,012.18 ↓ -42%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,052.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,055.80 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,055.80 ↓ -40%
BCBS PPO $1,100.00 ↓ -37%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,123.00 ↓ -36%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $1,134.33 ↓ -35%
Cigna LocalPlus $1,164.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna NewBusiness $1,165.00 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,221.59 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,221.59 ↓ -30%
Humana COMM $1,295.00 ↓ -26%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,300.00 ↓ -26%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,300.00 ↓ -26%
Cigna HMO $1,300.00 ↓ -26%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,308.85 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,308.85 ↓ -25%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,375.00 ↓ -21%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,396.10 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,396.10 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,483.36 ↓ -15%
Cigna AllOther $1,644.00 ↓ -6%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,745.13 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,745.13 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,745.13 ↑ +0%
United STARPLUS not published by hospital
United STARPerinate not published by hospital
United CHIP not published by hospital
United STARKids not published by hospital
United STAR not published by hospital
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork not published by hospital

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