Fetal hemoglobin rosette 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

$440.34

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.

$440.34

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.

$7.86 with Amerigroup vs $440.34 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
Amerigroup CHIP $7.86 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.86 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $7.86 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $7.86 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $7.86 ↓ -98%
United STAR $7.86 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $7.86 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $8.25 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $8.49 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $8.49 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $8.65 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $8.65 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $8.65 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $8.65 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $8.65 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $9.31 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $9.36 ↓ -98%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $9.36 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCR $9.36 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health POS $9.36 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.36 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health PPO $9.36 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health SNP $9.36 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.36 ↓ -98%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $9.36 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health HMO $9.36 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $9.36 ↓ -98%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $9.36 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.36 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCR $9.36 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MME $9.36 ↓ -98%
Triwest Veterans FED $9.36 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $9.41 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $9.44 ↓ -98%
Care N Care MGMCR $9.45 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $9.55 ↓ -98%
Integranet MGMCR $9.64 ↓ -98%
WellCare MGMCR $9.64 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $9.83 ↓ -98%
Humana Tricare $9.83 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $9.83 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantge MCR $9.83 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $9.83 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $9.83 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $9.83 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $9.83 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $9.83 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $9.83 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $9.92 ↓ -98%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $9.92 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $10.13 ↓ -98%
Molina MMP $10.20 ↓ -98%
Molina MCR $10.20 ↓ -98%
Molina MME $10.20 ↓ -98%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $10.30 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $11.23 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPHIX $11.91 ↓ -97%
BCBS BluePremier $11.98 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $12.17 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $14.04 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $14.04 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $14.04 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $14.04 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $14.04 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $16.38 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $16.38 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $16.41 ↓ -96%
Superior ValueHMO $16.75 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $17.04 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentials $17.04 ↓ -96%
Aetna Meritain $17.48 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $17.48 ↓ -96%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $17.78 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $17.88 ↓ -96%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $18.53 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $18.72 ↓ -96%
Aetna OON $20.57 ↓ -95%
Superior HMO $20.97 ↓ -95%
Superior EPO $20.97 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $24.34 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare HIX $24.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $30.82 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $30.82 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $30.82 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $30.82 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $30.82 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $37.57 ↓ -91%
Cigna NewBusiness $37.61 ↓ -91%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $41.99 ↓ -90%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $41.99 ↓ -90%
Cigna HMO $41.99 ↓ -90%
Cigna AllOther $53.10 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $59.45 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $61.65 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $76.62 ↓ -83%
Humana COMM $84.22 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $107.88 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $113.61 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $132.10 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $132.10 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $148.83 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $176.14 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $195.51 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $198.15 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $198.15 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $220.17 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $232.06 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $242.19 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $242.19 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $242.19 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $242.19 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $255.40 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $266.41 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $266.41 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $286.22 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $308.24 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $308.24 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $308.24 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $330.25 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $330.25 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $352.27 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $352.27 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $374.29 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $440.34 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $440.34 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $440.34 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $99.86 $7.86 – $124.82
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