Fern test at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
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Cash price 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 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.
$9.69 with WellMed vs $69.68 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| WellMed | MGMCR | $9.69 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $9.74 | — |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $9.74 | — |
| Devoted Health | POS | $9.74 | — |
| Devoted Health | MCR | $9.74 | — |
| Devoted Health | MME | $9.74 | — |
| Triwest Veterans | FED | $9.74 | — |
| TriWest Veterans | FEDERAL | $9.74 | — |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $9.74 | — |
| Humana | MGMCR | $9.74 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $9.74 | — |
| Devoted Health | SNP | $9.74 | — |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $9.74 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $9.74 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $9.74 | — |
| Mutual of Omaha | MGMCR | $9.74 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $9.74 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $9.79 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $9.82 | — |
| Care N Care | MGMCR | $9.84 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCR | $9.93 | — |
| Integranet | MGMCR | $10.03 | — |
| WellCare | MGMCR | $10.03 | — |
| Humana | Tricare | $10.22 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRSNP | $10.23 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPOS | $10.23 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPFFS | $10.23 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRDualEligible | $10.23 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPPO | $10.23 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRHMO | $10.23 | — |
| American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. | MGMCR | $10.23 | — |
| ProCare Advantge | MCR | $10.23 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MCR | $10.32 | — |
| Texas Independent Health Plan | MGMCR | $10.32 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $10.54 | — |
| Molina | MCR | $10.62 | — |
| Molina | MME | $10.62 | — |
| Molina | MMP | $10.62 | — |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $10.71 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $11.69 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $12.38 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $12.47 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MGMCR | $12.66 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRSNP | $14.61 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRPPO | $14.61 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRPOS | $14.61 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRHMO | $14.61 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRPFFS | $14.61 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $17.05 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $17.05 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $17.05 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $17.43 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $17.73 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $17.73 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $18.16 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $18.16 | — |
| USA Managed Care | WORKERSCOMP | $18.51 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $18.60 | — |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $19.29 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $19.48 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $21.37 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $21.82 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $21.82 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $25.32 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $25.52 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $38.95 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $38.99 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $43.52 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $43.52 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $43.52 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $55.05 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $69.68 | — |
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Fern test at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | $55.50 | $9.74 – $29.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $33.70 | $6.94 – $50.54 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $52.87 | $6.05 – $37.83 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $33.70 | $9.25 – $50.54 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $33.70 | $8.00 – $50.54 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $52.87 | $9.25 – $45.40 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $33.70 | $6.74 – $42.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $33.70 | $8.42 – $50.54 |