Insulin tolerance 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.

$239.43 with United vs $2,564.79 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 $239.43
Amerigroup MGMCD $239.43
Amerigroup CHIP $239.43
United CHIP $239.43
United STARPerinate $239.43
United STARPLUS $239.43
United STARKids $239.43
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $251.40
Aetna Better Health CHIP $258.58
Aetna Better Health MCD $258.58
Molina STARKIDS $263.37
Molina STAR+PLUS $263.37
Molina CHIP $263.37
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $263.37
Molina MCDSTAR $263.37
WellMed MGMCR $283.60
BCBS MGMCRHMO $285.03
Devoted Health SNP $285.03
Devoted Health HMO $285.03
Humana MGMCR $285.03
Devoted Health PPO $285.03
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $285.03
United AllPayerAppendix $285.03
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $285.03
Triwest Veterans FED $285.03
Devoted Health MME $285.03
United SmallGroup $285.03
Devoted Health MCR $285.03
BCBS MCRPPO $285.03
Devoted Health POS $285.03
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $285.03
Amerigroup DualEligible $285.03
United MGMCR $286.46
Aetna MCR $287.45
Care N Care MGMCR $287.88
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $290.73
WellCare MGMCR $293.58
Integranet MGMCR $293.58
Humana Tricare $299.24
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $299.28
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $299.28
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $299.28
ProCare Advantge MCR $299.28
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $299.28
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $299.28
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $299.28
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $299.28
Humana MGMCD $299.29
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $302.13
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $302.13
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $308.49
Molina MME $310.68
Molina MCR $310.68
Molina MMP $310.68
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $313.53
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $342.04
Aetna QHPHIX $362.56
BCBS BluePremier $364.84
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $370.54
Bravo Health MCRHMO $427.54
Bravo Health MCRPPO $427.54
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $427.54
Bravo Health MCRSNP $427.54
Bravo Health MCRPOS $427.54
BCBS MyBlueHealth $498.80
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $498.80
Aetna NewBusiness $499.38
Superior ValueHMO $510.20
BCBS BlueEssentials $518.75
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $518.75
Aetna COMM $531.87
Aetna Meritain $531.87
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $541.56
BCBS EPOSOA $544.41
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $564.36
BCBS PPO $570.06
Aetna OON $625.93
Superior HMO $638.47
Superior EPO $638.47
Oscar HIX $741.08
Molina Healthcare HIX $746.78
Cigna LocalPlus $1,128.99
Cigna NewBusiness $1,130.07
Cigna HMO $1,261.65
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,261.65
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,261.65
Cigna AllOther $1,595.74
Humana COMM $2,564.79
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $198.47 – $258.58
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $256.53 – $1,097.37
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