Giardia ag if 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.

$11.43 with United vs $133.17 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 $11.43
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.43
Amerigroup CHIP $11.43
United CHIP $11.43
United STARPerinate $11.43
United STARPLUS $11.43
United STARKids $11.43
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $12.00
Aetna Better Health CHIP $12.34
Aetna Better Health MCD $12.34
Molina STARKIDS $12.57
Molina STAR+PLUS $12.57
Molina CHIP $12.57
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $12.57
Molina MCDSTAR $12.57
WellMed MGMCR $13.54
BCBS MGMCRHMO $13.61
Devoted Health SNP $13.61
Devoted Health HMO $13.61
Humana MGMCR $13.61
Devoted Health PPO $13.61
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $13.61
United AllPayerAppendix $13.61
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.61
Triwest Veterans FED $13.61
Devoted Health MME $13.61
United SmallGroup $13.61
Devoted Health MCR $13.61
BCBS MCRPPO $13.61
Devoted Health POS $13.61
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $13.61
Amerigroup DualEligible $13.61
United MGMCR $13.68
Aetna MCR $13.73
Care N Care MGMCR $13.75
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $13.88
Integranet MGMCR $14.02
WellCare MGMCR $14.02
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $14.29
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $14.29
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $14.29
Humana Tricare $14.29
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $14.29
ProCare Advantge MCR $14.29
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $14.29
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $14.29
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $14.29
Humana MGMCD $14.29
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $14.43
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $14.43
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $14.73
Molina MME $14.83
Molina MCR $14.83
Molina MMP $14.83
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $14.97
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $16.33
Aetna QHPHIX $17.32
BCBS BluePremier $17.42
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $17.69
Bravo Health MCRHMO $20.41
Bravo Health MCRPPO $20.41
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $20.41
Bravo Health MCRSNP $20.41
Bravo Health MCRPOS $20.41
BCBS MyBlueHealth $23.82
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $23.82
Aetna NewBusiness $23.86
Superior ValueHMO $24.36
BCBS BlueEssentials $24.77
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $24.77
Aetna COMM $25.41
Aetna Meritain $25.41
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $25.86
BCBS EPOSOA $26.00
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $26.95
BCBS PPO $27.22
Aetna OON $29.90
Superior HMO $30.49
Superior EPO $30.49
Oscar HIX $35.39
Molina Healthcare HIX $35.66
Cigna LocalPlus $53.71
Cigna NewBusiness $53.76
Cigna HMO $60.02
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $60.02
Cigna NetworkBenefit $60.02
Cigna AllOther $75.91
Humana COMM $133.17
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Giardia ag if at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $11.43 – $23.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $78.00 $12.00 – $117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $78.00 $11.43 – $97.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $78.00 $12.00 – $117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $78.00 $8.00 – $117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $78.00 $11.43 – $117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $78.00 $11.43 – $97.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $78.00 $11.43 – $117.00

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