Exercise tst brncspsm w/ecg 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

$2,054.29

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.

$2,054.29

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.

$143.80 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,054.29 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 STARHealth $143.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $143.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $143.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $143.80 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $143.80 ↓ -93%
BCBS BluePremier $257.31 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $277.33 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $287.60 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $299.83 ↓ -85%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $299.83 ↓ -85%
Aetna QHPHIX $334.85 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $357.45 ↓ -83%
Humana COMM $422.00 ↓ -79%
Oscar HIX $427.29 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $488.92 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $503.30 ↓ -76%
Aetna Meritain $525.90 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $525.90 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $530.01 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $530.98 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentials $530.98 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $542.33 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $542.33 ↓ -74%
BCBS EPOSOA $557.14 ↓ -73%
BCBS PPO $583.31 ↓ -72%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $606.02 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $606.02 ↓ -70%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $606.02 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $616.29 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $616.29 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $616.29 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $694.35 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $766.25 ↓ -63%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $821.72 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $821.72 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $912.10 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $924.43 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $924.43 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,027.14 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,082.61 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $1,129.86 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,129.86 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,129.86 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,129.86 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,191.49 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,242.85 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,242.85 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $1,335.29 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,438.00 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,438.00 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,438.00 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,540.72 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,540.72 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,643.43 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,643.43 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,746.15 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,054.29 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,054.29 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $2,054.29 ↑ +0%

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