Ghs flow volume loop 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

$702.48

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.

$702.48

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.

$49.17 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,354.08 with BCBS — 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 MCDSTAR $49.17 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $49.17 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $49.17 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $49.17 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $49.17 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $94.83 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $98.35 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $114.50 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $122.23 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $146.12 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $167.19 ↓ -76%
Humana COMM $171.19 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $172.11 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMM $179.83 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $179.83 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $181.24 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $185.45 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $185.45 ↓ -74%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $207.23 ↓ -71%
Cigna HMO $207.23 ↓ -71%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $207.23 ↓ -71%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $210.74 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $210.74 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $210.74 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $237.44 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $262.03 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $280.99 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $280.99 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $311.90 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $316.12 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $316.12 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $351.24 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $370.21 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $386.36 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $386.36 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $386.36 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $386.36 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $407.44 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $425.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $425.00 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $456.61 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $491.74 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $491.74 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $491.74 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $526.86 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $526.86 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $561.98 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $561.98 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $597.11 ↓ -15%
BCBS BluePremier $597.32 ↓ -15%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $696.02 ↓ -1%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $696.02 ↓ -1%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $702.48 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $702.48 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $702.48 ↑ +0%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,232.60 ↑ +75%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,232.60 ↑ +75%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,293.34 ↑ +84%
BCBS PPO $1,354.08 ↑ +93%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $352.30 $93.95 – $777.56
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $352.30 $99.82 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $404.04 $83.16 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $389.88 $77.98 – $777.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $404.04 $129.70 – $777.56
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