Ionm in operatng room 15 min 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

$637.16

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.

$637.16

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.

$44.60 with Superior Health Plan vs $637.16 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $44.60 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $44.60 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $44.60 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $44.60 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $44.60 ↓ -93%
BCBS BluePremier $79.11 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $86.02 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $89.20 ↓ -86%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $92.18 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $92.18 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $103.86 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $110.87 ↓ -83%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $121.06 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $132.53 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $151.64 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $156.10 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMM $163.11 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $163.11 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentials $163.24 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $163.24 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $164.39 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $168.21 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $168.21 ↓ -74%
BCBS EPOSOA $171.29 ↓ -73%
BCBS PPO $179.33 ↓ -72%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $187.96 ↓ -71%
Cigna HMO $187.96 ↓ -71%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $187.96 ↓ -71%
Aetna OON $191.15 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $191.15 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $191.15 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $215.36 ↓ -66%
Humana COMM $232.42 ↓ -64%
Cigna AllOther $237.66 ↓ -63%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $254.86 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $254.86 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $282.90 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $286.72 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $286.72 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $318.58 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $335.78 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $350.44 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $350.44 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $350.44 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $350.44 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $369.55 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $385.48 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $385.48 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $414.15 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $446.01 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $446.01 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $446.01 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $477.87 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $477.87 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $509.73 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $509.73 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $541.59 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $637.16 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $637.16 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $637.16 ↑ +0%

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