Intracranial limited study 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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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.

$106.88 with United vs $4,114.50 with Unicare — 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 STARPLUS $106.88
Amerigroup MGMCD $106.88
Amerigroup CHIP $106.88
United CHIP $106.88
United STARPerinate $106.88
United STAR $106.88
United STARKids $106.88
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $112.22
Aetna Better Health MCD $115.43
Aetna Better Health CHIP $115.43
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $117.57
Molina STAR+PLUS $117.57
Molina MCDSTAR $117.57
Molina STARKIDS $117.57
Molina CHIP $117.57
Humana MGMCD $133.60
BCBS BluePremier $265.36
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $288.01
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $288.01
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $288.01
Superior Health Plan STARKids $288.01
Superior Health Plan CHIP $288.01
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $309.21
BCBS MyBlueHealth $309.21
Cigna LocalPlus $540.47
Cigna NewBusiness $540.99
BCBS BlueEssentials $547.58
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $547.58
Cigna IFP $555.46
BCBS EPOSOA $574.57
Cigna QHP $576.03
BCBS PPO $601.55
Cigna HMO $603.98
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $603.98
Cigna NetworkBenefit $603.98
Aetna QHPHIX $670.66
United OptionsPPO $715.92
Cigna AllOther $763.92
Oscar HIX $855.82
Humana COMM $888.56
Aetna NewBusiness $979.25
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,008.05
Aetna Meritain $1,053.31
Aetna COMM $1,053.31
Evry Health COMM $1,061.54
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $1,234.35
Aetna OON $1,234.35
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $1,234.35
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,390.70
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,645.80
Curative Administrators COMM $1,645.80
BCBS Traditional $1,826.84
City of McKinney COMM $1,851.53
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,851.53
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,057.25
Aetna ASA $2,168.34
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,262.97
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,262.97
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,262.97
Aetna WCOMP $2,262.97
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,386.41
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,489.27
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,489.27
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $2,674.43
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,880.15
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,880.15
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,880.15
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,085.88
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,085.88
USA Managed Care COMM $3,291.60
USC Health Services COMM $3,291.60
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,497.32
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4,114.50
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,114.50
Unicare MCD $4,114.50

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Intracranial limited study at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $418.44 $99.77 – $1,117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $418.44 $99.77 – $523.05
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $559.80 $106.34 – $114.85
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $418.44 $99.77 – $523.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $423.52 $87.17 – $1,117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $398.34 $99.77 – $1,117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $423.52 $99.77 – $1,117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $423.52 $106.34 – $635.28

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