Iron binding capacity 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

$1,024.80

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.

$1,024.80

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.

$7.34 with Amerigroup vs $1,024.80 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
Amerigroup CHIP $7.34 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.34 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $7.34 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $7.34 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $7.34 ↓ -99%
United STAR $7.34 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $7.34 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $7.71 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $7.93 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $7.93 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $8.07 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $8.07 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $8.07 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $8.07 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $8.07 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $8.70 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $8.74 ↓ -99%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $8.74 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $8.74 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $8.74 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.74 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $8.74 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $8.74 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $8.74 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $8.74 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $8.74 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $8.74 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $8.74 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.74 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $8.74 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $8.74 ↓ -99%
Triwest Veterans FED $8.74 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $8.78 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $8.81 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $8.83 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $8.91 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $9.00 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $9.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $9.18 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $9.18 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $9.18 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $9.18 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $9.18 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $9.18 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $9.18 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $9.18 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $9.18 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $9.18 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $9.26 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $9.26 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $9.46 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $9.53 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $9.53 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $9.53 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $9.61 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $10.49 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $11.11 ↓ -99%
BCBS BluePremier $11.19 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $11.36 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $13.11 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $13.11 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $13.11 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $13.11 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $13.11 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $15.29 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $15.29 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $15.30 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $15.64 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $15.91 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueEssentials $15.91 ↓ -98%
Aetna Meritain $16.30 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $16.30 ↓ -98%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $16.61 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $16.69 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $17.31 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $17.48 ↓ -98%
Aetna OON $19.18 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $19.58 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $19.58 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $22.72 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $22.90 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalPlus $34.90 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $34.94 ↓ -97%
Cigna HMO $39.00 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $39.00 ↓ -96%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $39.00 ↓ -96%
Cigna AllOther $49.33 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $71.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $71.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $71.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $71.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $71.74 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $97.09 ↓ -91%
Cigna IFP $138.35 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $143.47 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $178.32 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $251.08 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $264.40 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $307.44 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $307.44 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $346.38 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $409.92 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $455.01 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $461.16 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $461.16 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $512.40 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $540.07 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $563.64 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $563.64 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $563.64 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $563.64 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $594.38 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $620.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $620.00 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $666.12 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $717.36 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $717.36 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $717.36 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $768.60 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $768.60 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $819.84 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $819.84 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $871.08 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,024.80 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,024.80 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,024.80 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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