Knee disc/dial lock/adj flex 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

$2,054.00

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.

$2,054.00

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.

$171.80 with Humana vs $2,054.00 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 $171.80 ↓ -92%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $173.64 ↓ -92%
BCBS MCRPPO $173.64 ↓ -92%
WellMed MGMCR $176.22 ↓ -91%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $177.11 ↓ -91%
Humana MGMCR $177.11 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health PPO $177.11 ↓ -91%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $177.11 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup DualEligible $177.11 ↓ -91%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $177.11 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health SNP $177.11 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health HMO $177.11 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health POS $177.11 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health MCR $177.11 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health MME $177.11 ↓ -91%
Triwest Veterans FED $177.11 ↓ -91%
United MGMCR $178.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna MCR $178.62 ↓ -91%
Care N Care MGMCR $178.88 ↓ -91%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $180.65 ↓ -91%
WellCare MGMCR $182.42 ↓ -91%
Integranet MGMCR $182.42 ↓ -91%
ProCare Advantge MCR $185.97 ↓ -91%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $185.97 ↓ -91%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $185.97 ↓ -91%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $185.97 ↓ -91%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $185.97 ↓ -91%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $185.97 ↓ -91%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $185.97 ↓ -91%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $185.97 ↓ -91%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $187.74 ↓ -91%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $187.74 ↓ -91%
Molina MME $193.05 ↓ -91%
Molina MMP $193.05 ↓ -91%
Molina MCR $193.05 ↓ -91%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $194.82 ↓ -91%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $212.53 ↓ -90%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $230.24 ↓ -89%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $265.67 ↓ -87%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $265.67 ↓ -87%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $265.67 ↓ -87%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $265.67 ↓ -87%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $265.67 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $277.29 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $287.56 ↓ -86%
Superior ValueHMO $317.03 ↓ -85%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $336.51 ↓ -84%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $350.68 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $357.40 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $396.73 ↓ -81%
Superior EPO $396.73 ↓ -81%
Molina Healthcare HIX $464.03 ↓ -77%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $507.34 ↓ -75%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $507.34 ↓ -75%
Cigna LocalPlus $542.26 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $542.26 ↓ -74%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $605.93 ↓ -71%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $605.93 ↓ -71%
Cigna HMO $605.93 ↓ -71%
BCBS BlueEssentials $655.23 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $655.23 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $688.09 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $694.25 ↓ -66%
BCBS PPO $718.90 ↓ -65%
Cigna AllOther $766.14 ↓ -63%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $821.60 ↓ -60%
Humana COMM $1,000.52 ↓ -51%
Aetna ASA $1,082.46 ↓ -47%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,242.67 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,242.67 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,054.00 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,054.00 ↑ +0%

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