Glucose body fluid 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

$592.39

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.

$592.39

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.

$3.30 with Amerigroup vs $592.39 with Unicare — 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
Amerigroup CHIP $3.30 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.30 ↓ -99%
United STAR $3.30 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $3.30 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $3.30 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $3.30 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $3.30 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $3.46 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $3.56 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $3.56 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $3.63 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $3.63 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $3.63 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $3.63 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $3.63 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $3.91 ↓ -99%
Triwest Veterans FED $3.93 ↓ -99%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $3.93 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $3.93 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $3.93 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $3.93 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $3.93 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $3.93 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $3.93 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $3.93 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $3.93 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $3.93 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $3.93 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $3.93 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.93 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.93 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $3.93 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $3.95 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $3.96 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $3.97 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $4.01 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $4.05 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $4.05 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $4.12 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $4.13 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $4.13 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $4.13 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $4.13 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $4.13 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $4.13 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $4.13 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $4.13 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $4.13 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $4.17 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $4.17 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $4.25 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $4.28 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $4.28 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $4.28 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $4.32 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $4.72 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $5.00 ↓ -99%
BCBS BluePremier $5.03 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $5.11 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $5.90 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $5.90 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $5.90 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $5.90 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $5.90 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6.88 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $6.88 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $6.89 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $7.03 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $7.15 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentials $7.15 ↓ -99%
Aetna Meritain $7.34 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $7.34 ↓ -99%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $7.47 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $7.51 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7.78 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $7.86 ↓ -99%
Aetna OON $8.64 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $8.80 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $8.80 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $10.22 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $10.30 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalPlus $16.10 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $16.11 ↓ -97%
Cigna HMO $17.99 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $17.99 ↓ -97%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $17.99 ↓ -97%
Cigna AllOther $22.75 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $41.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $41.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $41.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $41.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $41.47 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $43.64 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $79.97 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $82.93 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $103.08 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $145.14 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $152.84 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $177.72 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $177.72 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $200.23 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $236.96 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $263.02 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $266.58 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $266.58 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $296.19 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $312.19 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $325.81 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $325.81 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $325.81 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $325.81 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $343.59 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $358.40 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $358.40 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $385.05 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $414.67 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $414.67 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $414.67 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $444.29 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $444.29 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $473.91 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $473.91 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $503.53 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $592.39 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $592.39 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $592.39 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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