Exchange drainage catheter 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

$3,456.63

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.

$3,456.63

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.

$241.96 with Superior Health Plan vs $30,818.00 with Cigna — 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 $241.96 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $241.96 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $241.96 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $241.96 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $241.96 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $466.65 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $483.93 ↓ -86%
United CHIP $564.97 ↓ -84%
United STARPerinate $564.97 ↓ -84%
United STARPLUS $564.97 ↓ -84%
United STARKids $564.97 ↓ -84%
United STAR $564.97 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup MGMCD $593.22 ↓ -83%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $593.22 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup CHIP $593.22 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $601.45 ↓ -83%
Molina STARKIDS $621.47 ↓ -82%
Molina CHIP $621.47 ↓ -82%
Molina STAR+PLUS $621.47 ↓ -82%
Molina MCDSTAR $621.47 ↓ -82%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $621.47 ↓ -82%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $677.96 ↓ -80%
Aetna Better Health MCD $677.96 ↓ -80%
Humana MGMCD $706.21 ↓ -80%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $1,036.99 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $1,036.99 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,168.34 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,382.65 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,534.74 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $1,555.48 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,728.32 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,821.64 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $1,901.15 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,901.15 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,901.15 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,901.15 ↓ -45%
WellMed MGMCR $1,937.29 ↓ -44%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00 ↓ -42%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,004.85 ↓ -42%
United SmallGroup $2,074.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,091.26 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,091.26 ↓ -40%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,129.00 ↓ -38%
BCBS BluePremier $2,164.79 ↓ -37%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $2,246.81 ↓ -35%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,259.00 ↓ -35%
Evry Health COMM $2,356.00 ↓ -32%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,419.64 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,419.64 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,419.64 ↓ -30%
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,592.47 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,592.47 ↓ -25%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,613.00 ↓ -24%
USA Managed Care COMM $2,765.30 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $2,765.30 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,938.14 ↓ -15%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,145.95 ↓ -9%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $3,145.95 ↓ -9%
United AllPayerAppendix $3,150.00 ↓ -9%
Humana COMM $3,253.86 ↓ -6%
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00 ↓ -0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,456.63 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,456.63 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $3,456.63 ↑ +0%
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00 ↑ +7%
Aetna COMM $3,682.00 ↑ +7%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $3,722.19 ↑ +8%
BCBS BlueEssentials $3,722.19 ↑ +8%
BCBS EPOSOA $3,909.07 ↑ +13%
BCBS PPO $4,095.96 ↑ +18%
Aetna OON $4,332.00 ↑ +25%
Oscar HIX $4,723.00 ↑ +37%
Cigna LocalPlus $21,804.00 ↑ +531%
Cigna NewBusiness $21,826.00 ↑ +531%
Cigna HMO $24,362.00 ↑ +605%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $24,362.00 ↑ +605%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $24,362.00 ↑ +605%
Cigna AllOther $30,818.00 ↑ +792%

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