Ghs ed therapeutic lp, drain csf w fluoro 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

$3,193.50

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.

$3,193.50

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.

$199.59 with Superior Health Plan vs $6,587.00 with Oscar — 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 $199.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $199.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $199.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $199.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $199.59 ↓ -94%
United CHIP $262.86 ↓ -92%
United STARPerinate $262.86 ↓ -92%
United STARPLUS $262.86 ↓ -92%
United STARKids $262.86 ↓ -92%
United STAR $262.86 ↓ -92%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $276.00 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup MGMCD $276.00 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup CHIP $276.00 ↓ -91%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $289.15 ↓ -91%
Molina CHIP $289.15 ↓ -91%
Molina STAR+PLUS $289.15 ↓ -91%
Molina STARKIDS $289.15 ↓ -91%
Molina MCDSTAR $289.15 ↓ -91%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $315.43 ↓ -90%
Aetna Better Health MCD $315.43 ↓ -90%
Humana MGMCD $328.58 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $384.93 ↓ -88%
Cigna QHP $399.19 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $496.13 ↓ -84%
WellMed MGMCR $712.64 ↓ -78%
BCBS BluePremier $868.82 ↓ -73%
Humana COMM $883.63 ↓ -72%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $963.75 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,262.60 ↓ -60%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,262.60 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,265.99 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,277.40 ↓ -60%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,493.87 ↓ -53%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,493.87 ↓ -53%
Aetna ASA $1,502.66 ↓ -53%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,568.88 ↓ -51%
United SmallGroup $1,603.00 ↓ -50%
BCBS PPO $1,643.88 ↓ -49%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,725.06 ↓ -46%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,725.06 ↓ -46%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,807.00 ↓ -43%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00 ↓ -38%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,995.94 ↓ -37%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,012.00 ↓ -37%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00 ↓ -35%
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00 ↓ -28%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,300.00 ↓ -28%
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00 ↓ -21%
Cigna LocalPlus $2,514.00 ↓ -21%
Cigna NewBusiness $2,515.00 ↓ -21%
Cigna HMO $2,808.00 ↓ -12%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,808.00 ↓ -12%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2,808.00 ↓ -12%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,193.50 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,193.50 ↑ +0%
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00 ↑ +8%
Cigna AllOther $3,553.00 ↑ +11%
Aetna COMM $3,682.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00 ↑ +15%
Aetna OON $4,332.00 ↑ +36%
Oscar HIX $6,587.00 ↑ +106%

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