Ghs fat & muscle 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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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.

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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.

$4.07 with United vs $43.64 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 $4.07
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.07
Amerigroup CHIP $4.07
United CHIP $4.07
United STARPerinate $4.07
United STARPLUS $4.07
United STARKids $4.07
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $4.27
Aetna Better Health CHIP $4.40
Aetna Better Health MCD $4.40
Molina STARKIDS $4.48
Molina STAR+PLUS $4.48
Molina CHIP $4.48
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $4.48
Molina MCDSTAR $4.48
WellMed MGMCR $4.83
BCBS MGMCRHMO $4.85
Devoted Health SNP $4.85
Devoted Health HMO $4.85
Humana MGMCR $4.85
Devoted Health PPO $4.85
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $4.85
United AllPayerAppendix $4.85
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.85
Triwest Veterans FED $4.85
Devoted Health MME $4.85
United SmallGroup $4.85
Devoted Health MCR $4.85
BCBS MCRPPO $4.85
Devoted Health POS $4.85
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $4.85
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.85
United MGMCR $4.87
Aetna MCR $4.89
Care N Care MGMCR $4.90
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $4.95
Integranet MGMCR $5.00
WellCare MGMCR $5.00
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $5.09
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $5.09
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $5.09
Humana Tricare $5.09
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $5.09
ProCare Advantge MCR $5.09
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $5.09
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $5.09
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $5.09
Humana MGMCD $5.09
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $5.14
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $5.14
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.25
Molina MME $5.29
Molina MCR $5.29
Molina MMP $5.29
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $5.33
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.82
Aetna QHPHIX $6.17
BCBS BluePremier $6.21
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $6.30
Bravo Health MCRHMO $7.27
Bravo Health MCRPPO $7.27
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $7.27
Bravo Health MCRSNP $7.27
Bravo Health MCRPOS $7.27
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.49
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $8.49
Aetna NewBusiness $8.50
Superior ValueHMO $8.68
BCBS BlueEssentials $8.83
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $8.83
Aetna COMM $9.05
Aetna Meritain $9.05
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $9.21
BCBS EPOSOA $9.26
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.60
BCBS PPO $9.70
Aetna OON $10.65
Superior HMO $10.86
Superior EPO $10.86
Oscar HIX $12.61
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.71
Cigna LocalPlus $18.81
Cigna NewBusiness $18.82
Cigna HMO $21.02
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $21.02
Cigna NetworkBenefit $21.02
Cigna AllOther $26.58
Humana COMM $43.64
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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