Ghs heavy metals bld (ars,lead,merc) 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.

$19.29 with United vs $206.69 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 $19.29
Amerigroup MGMCD $19.29
Amerigroup CHIP $19.29
United CHIP $19.29
United STARPerinate $19.29
United STARPLUS $19.29
United STARKids $19.29
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $20.25
Aetna Better Health CHIP $20.83
Aetna Better Health MCD $20.83
Molina STARKIDS $21.22
Molina STAR+PLUS $21.22
Molina CHIP $21.22
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $21.22
Molina MCDSTAR $21.22
WellMed MGMCR $22.86
BCBS MGMCRHMO $22.97
Devoted Health SNP $22.97
Devoted Health HMO $22.97
Humana MGMCR $22.97
Devoted Health PPO $22.97
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $22.97
United AllPayerAppendix $22.97
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $22.97
Triwest Veterans FED $22.97
Devoted Health MME $22.97
United SmallGroup $22.97
Devoted Health MCR $22.97
BCBS MCRPPO $22.97
Devoted Health POS $22.97
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $22.97
Amerigroup DualEligible $22.97
United MGMCR $23.08
Aetna MCR $23.17
Care N Care MGMCR $23.20
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $23.43
Integranet MGMCR $23.66
WellCare MGMCR $23.66
Humana MGMCD $24.11
Humana Tricare $24.11
ProCare Advantge MCR $24.12
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $24.12
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $24.12
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $24.12
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $24.12
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $24.12
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $24.12
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $24.12
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $24.35
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $24.35
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $24.86
Molina MME $25.04
Molina MCR $25.04
Molina MMP $25.04
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $25.27
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $27.56
Aetna QHPHIX $29.21
BCBS BluePremier $29.40
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $29.86
Bravo Health MCRHMO $34.45
Bravo Health MCRPPO $34.45
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $34.45
Bravo Health MCRSNP $34.45
Bravo Health MCRPOS $34.45
BCBS MyBlueHealth $40.20
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $40.20
Aetna NewBusiness $40.24
Superior ValueHMO $41.12
BCBS BlueEssentials $41.81
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $41.81
Aetna COMM $42.86
Aetna Meritain $42.86
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $43.64
BCBS EPOSOA $43.87
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $45.48
BCBS PPO $45.94
Aetna OON $50.43
Superior HMO $51.45
Superior EPO $51.45
Oscar HIX $59.72
Molina Healthcare HIX $60.18
Cigna LocalPlus $91.28
Cigna NewBusiness $91.37
Cigna HMO $102.01
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $102.01
Cigna NetworkBenefit $102.01
Cigna AllOther $129.02
Humana COMM $206.69
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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