Fees w/laryngeal sense test 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

$843.52

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.

$843.52

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.

$59.05 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,441.18 with Humana — 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 $59.05 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $59.05 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $59.05 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $59.05 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $59.05 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $113.88 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $118.09 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $137.49 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $146.77 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $175.45 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $200.76 ↓ -76%
Humana Tricare $208.98 ↓ -75%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $215.44 ↓ -74%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $215.45 ↓ -74%
BCBS MCRPPO $215.45 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $215.94 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $215.94 ↓ -74%
WellMed MGMCR $219.04 ↓ -74%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $220.14 ↓ -74%
Humana MGMCR $220.14 ↓ -74%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $220.14 ↓ -74%
Devoted Health MME $220.14 ↓ -74%
Devoted Health MCR $220.14 ↓ -74%
Devoted Health SNP $220.14 ↓ -74%
Devoted Health HMO $220.14 ↓ -74%
Devoted Health POS $220.14 ↓ -74%
Triwest Veterans FED $220.14 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup DualEligible $220.14 ↓ -74%
Devoted Health PPO $220.14 ↓ -74%
United MGMCR $221.24 ↓ -74%
Aetna MCR $222.01 ↓ -74%
Care N Care MGMCR $222.34 ↓ -74%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $224.54 ↓ -73%
WellCare MGMCR $226.74 ↓ -73%
Integranet MGMCR $226.74 ↓ -73%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $231.15 ↓ -73%
ProCare Advantge MCR $231.15 ↓ -73%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $231.15 ↓ -73%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $231.15 ↓ -73%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $231.15 ↓ -73%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $231.15 ↓ -73%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $231.15 ↓ -73%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $231.15 ↓ -73%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $233.35 ↓ -72%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $233.35 ↓ -72%
Molina MMP $239.95 ↓ -72%
Molina MCR $239.95 ↓ -72%
Molina MME $239.95 ↓ -72%
BCBS BluePremier $241.55 ↓ -71%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $242.15 ↓ -71%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $253.06 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $253.06 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $253.06 ↓ -70%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $264.17 ↓ -69%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $281.46 ↓ -67%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $281.46 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $285.11 ↓ -66%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $286.18 ↓ -66%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $330.21 ↓ -61%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $330.21 ↓ -61%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $330.21 ↓ -61%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $330.21 ↓ -61%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $330.21 ↓ -61%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $337.41 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $374.52 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $379.58 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $379.58 ↓ -55%
Superior ValueHMO $394.05 ↓ -53%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $418.27 ↓ -50%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $421.76 ↓ -50%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $435.88 ↓ -48%
Aetna ASA $444.54 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $463.94 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $463.94 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $463.94 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $463.94 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $489.24 ↓ -42%
Superior HMO $493.11 ↓ -42%
Superior EPO $493.11 ↓ -42%
BCBS BlueEssentials $498.44 ↓ -41%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $498.44 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $510.33 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $510.33 ↓ -39%
BCBS EPOSOA $523.01 ↓ -38%
BCBS PPO $547.57 ↓ -35%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $548.29 ↓ -35%
Molina Healthcare HIX $576.77 ↓ -32%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $590.46 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $590.46 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $590.46 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $632.64 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $632.64 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $674.82 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $674.82 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $716.99 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $843.52 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $843.52 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $843.52 ↑ +0%
Humana COMM $1,441.18 ↑ +71%

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