Evaluation psychiatric diagnostic 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.

$34.81 with Superior Health Plan vs $497.31 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 $34.81
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $34.81
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $34.81
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $34.81
Superior Health Plan STARKids $34.81
Humana COMM $55.51
Cigna IFP $67.14
Cigna QHP $69.62
Aetna QHPHIX $81.06
United OptionsPPO $86.53
Oscar HIX $103.44
Aetna NewBusiness $118.36
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $121.84
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $122.84
BCBS MyBlueHealth $122.84
Aetna COMM $127.31
Aetna Meritain $127.31
Evry Health COMM $128.31
Cigna LocalPlus $131.29
Cigna NewBusiness $131.29
BCBS BluePremier $145.21
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $146.71
Cigna HMO $146.71
Cigna NetworkBenefit $146.71
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $149.19
Aetna OON $149.19
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $149.19
BCBS BlueEssentials $158.64
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $158.64
BCBS EPOSOA $166.60
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $168.09
BCBS PPO $174.06
Cigna AllOther $185.50
Curative Administrators COMM $198.92
Prominence Health Plan HIX $198.92
BCBS Traditional $220.81
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $223.79
City of McKinney COMM $223.79
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $248.66
Aetna ASA $262.08
Aetna WCOMP $273.52
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $273.52
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $273.52
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $273.52
Averde Health, Inc PPO $288.44
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $300.87
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $300.87
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $323.25
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $348.12
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $348.12
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $348.12
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $372.98
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $372.98
USA Managed Care COMM $397.85
USC Health Services COMM $397.85
Galaxy Health Network PPO $422.71
Unicare MCD $497.31
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $497.31
Independent Medical Systems COMM $497.31

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