Established Patient Office Visit (level 3) 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.

$16.67 with Superior Health Plan vs $277.66 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 MCDSTAR $16.67
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $16.67
Superior Health Plan CHIP $16.67
Superior Health Plan STARKids $16.67
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $16.67
Cigna IFP $30.16
Cigna QHP $31.28
Aetna QHPHIX $36.42
United OptionsPPO $38.87
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $42.45
Aetna NewBusiness $53.17
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $54.74
Aetna COMM $57.19
Aetna Meritain $57.19
Evry Health COMM $57.64
Cigna LocalPlus $58.98
Cigna NewBusiness $58.98
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $65.91
Cigna NetworkBenefit $65.91
Cigna HMO $65.91
Aetna OON $67.02
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $71.44
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $71.44
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $75.51
Cigna AllOther $83.33
Curative Administrators COMM $89.36
Prominence Health Plan HIX $89.36
BCBS Traditional $105.74
City of McKinney COMM $107.17
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $107.17
Aetna ASA $117.74
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $119.08
Aetna WCOMP $130.98
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $130.98
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $130.98
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $130.98
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $135.16
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $135.16
Averde Health, Inc PPO $138.13
BCBS MyBlueHealth $142.72
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $142.72
Humana COMM $147.37
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $154.80
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $156.39
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $166.71
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $166.71
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $178.61
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $178.61
USA Managed Care COMM $190.52
USC Health Services COMM $190.52
Galaxy Health Network PPO $202.43
Independent Medical Systems COMM $223.41
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $223.41
Unicare MCD $238.15
BCBS BlueEssentials $252.75
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $252.75
BCBS EPOSOA $265.21
BCBS PPO $277.66

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
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