Insert cath pleura with image 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.

$181.11 with United vs $21,207.57 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 STARPerinate $181.11
United STAR $181.11
United CHIP $181.11
United STARPLUS $181.11
United STARKids $181.11
Amerigroup MGMCD $468.58
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $468.58
Amerigroup CHIP $468.58
Molina CHIP $490.90
Molina STARKIDS $490.90
Molina MCDSTAR $490.90
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $490.90
Molina STAR+PLUS $490.90
Aetna Better Health CHIP $535.52
Aetna Better Health MCD $535.52
Humana MGMCD $557.84
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,217.00
Evry Health COMM $1,346.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $1,484.53
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,484.53
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,484.53
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,484.53
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $1,484.53
WellMed MGMCR $1,589.23
United SmallGroup $1,603.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,807.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Curative Administrators COMM $2,012.00
BCBS BluePremier $2,267.27
United AllPayerAppendix $2,300.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Cigna LocalPlus $2,514.00
Cigna NewBusiness $2,515.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2,808.00
Cigna HMO $2,808.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,808.00
Cigna IFP $2,863.02
Cigna QHP $2,969.06
Oscar HIX $3,293.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,294.88
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $3,294.88
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Cigna AllOther $3,553.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
United OptionsPPO $3,690.12
BCBS BlueEssentials $3,898.40
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $3,898.40
BCBS EPOSOA $4,094.14
BCBS PPO $4,289.87
Aetna OON $4,332.00
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $6,362.27
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $6,362.27
Humana COMM $7,113.00
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $7,168.16
Prominence Health Plan HIX $8,483.03
BCBS Traditional $9,416.16
City of McKinney COMM $9,543.41
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $10,603.78
Aetna ASA $11,176.39
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $11,664.16
Aetna WCOMP $11,664.16
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $11,664.16
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $11,664.16
Averde Health, Inc PPO $12,300.39
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $12,830.58
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $12,830.58
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $13,784.92
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $14,845.30
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $14,845.30
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $14,845.30
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $15,905.68
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $15,905.68
USC Health Services COMM $16,966.06
USA Managed Care COMM $16,966.06
Galaxy Health Network PPO $18,026.43
Unicare MCD $21,207.57
Independent Medical Systems COMM $21,207.57
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $21,207.57

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