Gastrin 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

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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.

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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.

$14.86 with United vs $196.52 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
United STAR $14.86
Amerigroup MGMCD $14.86
Amerigroup CHIP $14.86
United CHIP $14.86
United STARPerinate $14.86
United STARPLUS $14.86
United STARKids $14.86
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $15.60
Aetna Better Health CHIP $16.05
Aetna Better Health MCD $16.05
Molina STARKIDS $16.35
Molina STAR+PLUS $16.35
Molina CHIP $16.35
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $16.35
Molina MCDSTAR $16.35
WellMed MGMCR $17.60
BCBS MGMCRHMO $17.69
Devoted Health SNP $17.69
Devoted Health HMO $17.69
Humana MGMCR $17.69
Devoted Health PPO $17.69
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $17.69
United AllPayerAppendix $17.69
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $17.69
Triwest Veterans FED $17.69
Devoted Health MME $17.69
United SmallGroup $17.69
Devoted Health MCR $17.69
BCBS MCRPPO $17.69
Devoted Health POS $17.69
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $17.69
Amerigroup DualEligible $17.69
United MGMCR $17.78
Aetna MCR $17.84
Care N Care MGMCR $17.87
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $18.04
Integranet MGMCR $18.22
WellCare MGMCR $18.22
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $18.57
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $18.57
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $18.57
Humana MGMCD $18.57
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $18.57
ProCare Advantge MCR $18.57
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $18.57
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $18.57
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $18.57
Humana Tricare $18.58
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $18.75
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $18.75
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $19.15
Molina MME $19.28
Molina MCR $19.28
Molina MMP $19.28
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $19.46
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $21.23
Aetna QHPHIX $22.49
BCBS BluePremier $22.64
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $23.00
Bravo Health MCRHMO $26.54
Bravo Health MCRPPO $26.54
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $26.54
Bravo Health MCRSNP $26.54
Bravo Health MCRPOS $26.54
BCBS MyBlueHealth $30.96
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $30.96
Aetna NewBusiness $30.98
Superior ValueHMO $31.67
BCBS BlueEssentials $32.20
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $32.20
Aetna COMM $33.00
Aetna Meritain $33.00
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $33.61
BCBS EPOSOA $33.79
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $35.03
BCBS PPO $35.38
Aetna OON $38.83
Superior HMO $39.63
Superior EPO $39.63
Oscar HIX $45.99
Molina Healthcare HIX $46.35
Cigna LocalPlus $69.81
Cigna NewBusiness $69.87
Cigna HMO $78.01
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $78.01
Cigna NetworkBenefit $78.01
Cigna AllOther $98.67
Humana COMM $196.52
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Gastrin test at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $61.80 $10.00 – $77.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $61.80 $10.00 – $77.25
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $14.86 – $34.71
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $61.80 $10.00 – $77.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $119.11 $12.00 – $178.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $119.11 $12.00 – $148.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $119.11 $12.00 – $178.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $119.11 $8.00 – $178.67

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