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.

$86.52 with United vs $1,144.40 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 $86.52
Amerigroup MGMCD $86.52
Amerigroup CHIP $86.52
United CHIP $86.52
United STARPerinate $86.52
United STARPLUS $86.52
United STARKids $86.52
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $90.85
Aetna Better Health CHIP $93.44
Aetna Better Health MCD $93.44
Molina STARKIDS $95.17
Molina STAR+PLUS $95.17
Molina CHIP $95.17
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $95.17
Molina MCDSTAR $95.17
WellMed MGMCR $102.48
BCBS MGMCRHMO $103.00
Devoted Health SNP $103.00
Devoted Health HMO $103.00
Humana MGMCR $103.00
Devoted Health PPO $103.00
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $103.00
United AllPayerAppendix $103.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $103.00
Triwest Veterans FED $103.00
Devoted Health MME $103.00
United SmallGroup $103.00
Devoted Health MCR $103.00
BCBS MCRPPO $103.00
Devoted Health POS $103.00
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $103.00
Amerigroup DualEligible $103.00
United MGMCR $103.51
Aetna MCR $103.88
Care N Care MGMCR $104.03
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $105.06
Integranet MGMCR $106.09
WellCare MGMCR $106.09
Humana Tricare $108.14
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $108.15
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $108.15
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $108.15
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $108.15
ProCare Advantge MCR $108.15
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $108.15
Humana MGMCD $108.15
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $108.15
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $108.15
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $109.18
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $109.18
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $111.48
Molina MME $112.27
Molina MCR $112.27
Molina MMP $112.27
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $113.30
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $123.60
Aetna QHPHIX $131.02
BCBS BluePremier $131.84
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $133.90
Bravo Health MCRHMO $154.50
Bravo Health MCRPPO $154.50
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $154.50
Bravo Health MCRSNP $154.50
Bravo Health MCRPOS $154.50
BCBS MyBlueHealth $180.25
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $180.25
Aetna NewBusiness $180.46
Superior ValueHMO $184.37
BCBS BlueEssentials $187.46
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $187.46
Aetna COMM $192.20
Aetna Meritain $192.20
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $195.70
BCBS EPOSOA $196.73
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $203.94
BCBS PPO $206.00
Aetna OON $226.19
Superior HMO $230.72
Superior EPO $230.72
Oscar HIX $267.80
Molina Healthcare HIX $269.86
Cigna LocalPlus $408.12
Cigna NewBusiness $408.51
Cigna HMO $456.07
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $456.07
Cigna NetworkBenefit $456.07
Cigna AllOther $576.85
Humana COMM $1,144.40
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $86.52 – $202.06
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $92.70 – $396.55
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HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $84.79 – $423.78
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Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $224.95 – $449.08
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