Established Patient Office Visit (level 4) 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.

$21.39 with Superior Health Plan vs $428.05 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 CHIP $21.39
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $21.39
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $21.39
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $21.39
Superior Health Plan STARKids $21.39
Cigna IFP $38.22
Cigna QHP $39.64
Aetna QHPHIX $46.15
United OptionsPPO $49.26
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $53.79
Aetna NewBusiness $67.38
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $69.37
Aetna COMM $72.48
Aetna Meritain $72.48
Evry Health COMM $73.05
Cigna NewBusiness $75.69
Cigna LocalPlus $75.69
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $84.58
Cigna NetworkBenefit $84.58
Cigna HMO $84.58
Aetna OON $84.94
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $91.69
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $91.69
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $95.70
Cigna AllOther $106.94
Prominence Health Plan HIX $113.25
Curative Administrators COMM $113.25
BCBS Traditional $135.70
City of McKinney COMM $137.53
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $137.53
Aetna ASA $149.21
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $152.81
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $168.09
Aetna WCOMP $168.09
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $168.09
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $168.09
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $171.29
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $171.29
Averde Health, Inc PPO $177.26
Humana COMM $198.09
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $198.19
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $198.65
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $213.93
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $213.93
BCBS MyBlueHealth $220.03
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $220.03
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $229.22
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $229.22
USA Managed Care COMM $244.50
USC Health Services COMM $244.50
Galaxy Health Network PPO $259.78
Independent Medical Systems COMM $283.13
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $283.13
Unicare MCD $305.62
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $389.65
BCBS BlueEssentials $389.65
BCBS EPOSOA $408.85
BCBS PPO $428.05

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Established Patient Office Visit (level 4) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $872.85 $108.65 – $108.65
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $439.04 $308.04 – $308.04
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $168.70 $82.00 – $482.00
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