Event monitor 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

$574.01

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.

$574.01

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.

$40.18 with Superior Health Plan vs $574.01 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $40.18 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $40.18 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $40.18 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $40.18 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $40.18 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $62.45 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $77.49 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $80.36 ↓ -86%
BCBS BluePremier $85.55 ↓ -85%
Aetna QHPHIX $93.56 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $99.69 ↓ -83%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $99.69 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $99.88 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $119.39 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $136.61 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $140.63 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMM $146.95 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $146.95 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $148.09 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $151.54 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $151.54 ↓ -74%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $169.33 ↓ -71%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $169.33 ↓ -71%
Cigna HMO $169.33 ↓ -71%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $172.20 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $172.20 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $172.20 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $176.54 ↓ -69%
BCBS BlueEssentials $176.54 ↓ -69%
BCBS EPOSOA $185.24 ↓ -68%
BCBS PPO $193.94 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $194.02 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $214.11 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $229.60 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $229.60 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $254.86 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $258.30 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $258.30 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $287.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $302.50 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $315.71 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $315.71 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $315.71 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $315.71 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $332.93 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $347.28 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $347.28 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $373.11 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $401.81 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $401.81 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $401.81 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $430.51 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $430.51 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $459.21 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $459.21 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $487.91 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $574.01 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $574.01 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $574.01 ↑ +0%

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