Knee control condylar pad 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.

$96.90 with Humana vs $564.43 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
Humana Tricare $96.90
BCBS MCRPPO $97.94
BCBS MGMCRHMO $97.94
WellMed MGMCR $99.40
Devoted Health MCR $99.90
Devoted Health MME $99.90
Humana MGMCR $99.90
Triwest Veterans FED $99.90
Devoted Health SNP $99.90
Devoted Health HMO $99.90
Devoted Health POS $99.90
Amerigroup DualEligible $99.90
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $99.90
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $99.90
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $99.90
Devoted Health PPO $99.90
United MGMCR $100.40
Aetna MCR $100.75
Care N Care MGMCR $100.90
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $101.90
WellCare MGMCR $102.90
Integranet MGMCR $102.90
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $104.90
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $104.90
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $104.90
ProCare Advantge MCR $104.90
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $104.90
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $104.90
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $104.90
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $104.90
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $105.89
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $105.89
Molina MME $108.89
Molina MMP $108.89
Molina MCR $108.89
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $109.89
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $119.88
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $129.87
Bravo Health MCRSNP $149.85
Bravo Health MCRPOS $149.85
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $149.85
Bravo Health MCRHMO $149.85
Bravo Health MCRPPO $149.85
Superior ValueHMO $178.82
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $189.81
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $197.80
Superior EPO $223.78
Superior HMO $223.78
Molina Healthcare HIX $261.74
Humana COMM $564.43

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Knee control condylar pad at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $97.90 – $214.78
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $97.90 – $214.78
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $97.90 – $214.78
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $97.90 – $214.78
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $97.90 – $214.78
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $97.90 – $214.78
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $97.90 – $214.78
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $97.90 – $214.78

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