Folic acid 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

$1,564.93

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.

$1,564.93

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.

$12.35 with Amerigroup vs $1,564.93 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 $12.35 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $12.35 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $12.35 ↓ -99%
United STAR $12.35 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $12.35 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.35 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $12.35 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $12.97 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $13.34 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $13.34 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $13.59 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $13.59 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $13.59 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $13.59 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $13.59 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $14.63 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $14.70 ↓ -99%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $14.70 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $14.70 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $14.70 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.70 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $14.70 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $14.70 ↓ -99%
Triwest Veterans FED $14.70 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $14.70 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.70 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $14.70 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $14.70 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $14.70 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.70 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $14.70 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $14.70 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $14.77 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $14.82 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $14.85 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $14.99 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $15.14 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $15.14 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $15.43 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $15.44 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $15.44 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $15.44 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $15.44 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $15.44 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $15.44 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $15.44 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $15.44 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $15.44 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $15.58 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $15.58 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $15.91 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $16.02 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $16.02 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $16.02 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $16.17 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $17.64 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $18.70 ↓ -99%
BCBS BluePremier $18.82 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $19.11 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $22.05 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $22.05 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $22.05 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $22.05 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $22.05 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $25.72 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $25.72 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $25.75 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $26.31 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $26.75 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentials $26.75 ↓ -98%
Aetna Meritain $27.43 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $27.43 ↓ -98%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $27.93 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $28.08 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $29.11 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $29.40 ↓ -98%
Aetna OON $32.28 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $32.93 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $32.93 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $38.22 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $38.51 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalPlus $57.71 ↓ -96%
Cigna NewBusiness $57.77 ↓ -96%
Cigna HMO $64.49 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $64.49 ↓ -96%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $64.49 ↓ -96%
Cigna AllOther $81.57 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $109.55 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $109.55 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $109.55 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $109.55 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $109.55 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $163.32 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $211.27 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $219.09 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $272.30 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $383.41 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $403.75 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $469.48 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $469.48 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $528.95 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $625.97 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $694.83 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $704.22 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $704.22 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $782.47 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $824.72 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $860.71 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $860.71 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $860.71 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $860.71 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $907.66 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $946.78 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $946.78 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $1,017.20 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,095.45 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,095.45 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,095.45 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,173.70 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,173.70 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,251.94 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,251.94 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,330.19 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,564.93 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,564.93 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,564.93 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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