Insulin suppression panel 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.

$139.11 with United vs $1,500.83 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
United STAR $139.11
Amerigroup MGMCD $139.11
Amerigroup CHIP $139.11
United CHIP $139.11
United STARPerinate $139.11
United STARPLUS $139.11
United STARKids $139.11
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $146.07
Aetna Better Health CHIP $150.24
Aetna Better Health MCD $150.24
Molina STARKIDS $153.02
Molina STAR+PLUS $153.02
Molina CHIP $153.02
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $153.02
Molina MCDSTAR $153.02
WellMed MGMCR $164.78
BCBS MGMCRHMO $165.61
Devoted Health SNP $165.61
Devoted Health HMO $165.61
Humana MGMCR $165.61
Devoted Health PPO $165.61
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $165.61
United AllPayerAppendix $165.61
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $165.61
Triwest Veterans FED $165.61
Devoted Health MME $165.61
United SmallGroup $165.61
Devoted Health MCR $165.61
BCBS MCRPPO $165.61
Devoted Health POS $165.61
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $165.61
Amerigroup DualEligible $165.61
United MGMCR $166.44
Aetna MCR $167.02
Care N Care MGMCR $167.27
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $168.92
Integranet MGMCR $170.58
WellCare MGMCR $170.58
Humana Tricare $173.86
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $173.89
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $173.89
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $173.89
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $173.89
ProCare Advantge MCR $173.89
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $173.89
Humana MGMCD $173.89
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $173.89
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $173.89
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $175.55
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $175.55
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $179.24
Molina MME $180.51
Molina MCR $180.51
Molina MMP $180.51
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $182.17
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $198.73
Aetna QHPHIX $210.66
BCBS BluePremier $211.98
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $215.29
Bravo Health MCRHMO $248.42
Bravo Health MCRPPO $248.42
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $248.42
Bravo Health MCRSNP $248.42
Bravo Health MCRPOS $248.42
BCBS MyBlueHealth $289.82
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $289.82
Aetna NewBusiness $290.16
Superior ValueHMO $296.44
BCBS BlueEssentials $301.41
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $301.41
Aetna COMM $309.04
Aetna Meritain $309.04
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $314.66
BCBS EPOSOA $316.32
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $327.91
BCBS PPO $331.22
Aetna OON $363.69
Superior HMO $370.97
Superior EPO $370.97
Oscar HIX $430.59
Molina Healthcare HIX $433.90
Cigna LocalPlus $656.44
Cigna NewBusiness $657.07
Cigna HMO $733.58
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $733.58
Cigna NetworkBenefit $733.58
Cigna AllOther $927.83
Humana COMM $1,500.83
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $139.11 – $265.10
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $149.05 – $637.60
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HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $136.33 – $681.63
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $139.11 – $681.63
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $361.71 – $722.06
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $136.33 – $681.63
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $136.33 – $681.63

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