Graft apligraf 3in 44sqcm-q4101-cost per sq cm 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.

$29.45 with Humana vs $694.00 with Independent Medical Systems — 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
Humana Tricare $29.45
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $30.36
Superior Health Plan CHIP $48.58
Superior Health Plan STARKids $48.58
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $48.58
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $48.58
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $48.58
Cigna IFP $93.69
Cigna QHP $97.16
Aetna QHPHIX $113.12
BCBS BluePremier $113.14
BCBS MyBlueHealth $117.92
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $117.92
United OptionsPPO $120.76
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $136.96
Aetna NewBusiness $165.17
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $172.61
BCBS BlueEssentials $172.61
Aetna Meritain $177.66
Aetna COMM $177.66
BCBS EPOSOA $181.15
Cigna LocalPlus $183.35
Cigna NewBusiness $183.53
BCBS PPO $189.70
Cigna HMO $204.83
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $204.83
Cigna NetworkBenefit $204.83
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $208.20
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $208.20
Aetna OON $208.20
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $209.78
United SmallGroup $209.78
United AllPayerAppendix $209.78
Humana COMM $220.33
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $234.57
Cigna AllOther $259.13
Prominence Health Plan HIX $277.60
BCBS Traditional $308.14
City of McKinney COMM $312.30
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $347.00
Aetna ASA $365.74
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $381.70
Aetna WCOMP $381.70
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $381.70
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $381.70
Averde Health, Inc PPO $402.52
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $419.87
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $419.87
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $451.10
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $485.80
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $485.80
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $520.50
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $520.50
USC Health Services COMM $555.20
USA Managed Care COMM $555.20
Galaxy Health Network PPO $589.90
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $694.00
Unicare MCD $694.00
Independent Medical Systems COMM $694.00

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Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $72.40 $44.60 – $44.60
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