Hydrocolld drg >16<=48 without b 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.

$20.52 with BCBS vs $135.42 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
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $20.52
BCBS MyBlueHealth $20.52
Humana Tricare $23.25
BCBS BluePremier $23.25
BCBS MCRPPO $23.50
BCBS MGMCRHMO $23.50
WellMed MGMCR $23.85
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $23.97
Devoted Health PPO $23.97
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $23.97
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $23.97
Amerigroup DualEligible $23.97
Humana MGMCR $23.97
Devoted Health SNP $23.97
Devoted Health HMO $23.97
Devoted Health POS $23.97
Devoted Health MCR $23.97
Devoted Health MME $23.97
Triwest Veterans FED $23.97
United MGMCR $24.09
Aetna MCR $24.17
Care N Care MGMCR $24.21
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $24.45
WellCare MGMCR $24.69
Integranet MGMCR $24.69
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $25.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $25.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $25.17
ProCare Advantge MCR $25.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $25.17
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $25.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $25.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $25.17
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $25.41
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $25.41
Molina MMP $26.13
Molina MME $26.13
Molina MCR $26.13
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $26.37
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $26.38
BCBS BlueEssentials $26.38
BCBS EPOSOA $27.75
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $28.76
BCBS PPO $28.92
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $31.16
Bravo Health MCRPOS $35.95
Bravo Health MCRPPO $35.95
Bravo Health MCRHMO $35.95
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $35.95
Bravo Health MCRSNP $35.95
Superior ValueHMO $42.91
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $45.54
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $47.46
Superior EPO $53.69
Superior HMO $53.69
Molina Healthcare HIX $62.80
Humana COMM $135.42

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