Hydrocolld drg <=16 in w/bdr 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.

$9.65 with BCBS vs $63.74 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 $9.65
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9.65
Humana Tricare $10.93
BCBS BluePremier $10.94
BCBS MGMCRHMO $11.05
BCBS MCRPPO $11.05
WellMed MGMCR $11.21
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $11.27
Devoted Health PPO $11.27
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $11.27
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $11.27
Amerigroup DualEligible $11.27
Humana MGMCR $11.27
Devoted Health SNP $11.27
Devoted Health HMO $11.27
Devoted Health POS $11.27
Devoted Health MCR $11.27
Devoted Health MME $11.27
Triwest Veterans FED $11.27
United MGMCR $11.33
Aetna MCR $11.37
Care N Care MGMCR $11.38
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $11.50
WellCare MGMCR $11.61
Integranet MGMCR $11.61
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $11.83
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $11.83
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $11.83
ProCare Advantge MCR $11.83
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $11.83
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $11.83
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $11.83
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $11.83
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $11.95
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $11.95
Molina MMP $12.28
Molina MME $12.28
Molina MCR $12.28
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $12.40
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $12.41
BCBS BlueEssentials $12.41
BCBS EPOSOA $13.05
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $13.52
BCBS PPO $13.60
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $14.65
Bravo Health MCRPOS $16.91
Bravo Health MCRPPO $16.91
Bravo Health MCRHMO $16.91
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $16.91
Bravo Health MCRSNP $16.91
Superior ValueHMO $20.17
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $21.41
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $22.31
Superior EPO $25.24
Superior HMO $25.24
Molina Healthcare HIX $29.53
Humana COMM $63.74

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