Limited autopsy at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
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Cash price 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 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.
$8.42 with Cigna vs $941.94 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Cigna | LocalPlus | $8.42 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $8.43 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $9.41 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $9.41 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $9.41 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $11.91 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $105.38 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $105.38 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $105.38 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $138.20 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $190.35 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $202.74 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $202.74 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $238.60 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $595.07 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $813.57 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $813.57 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $846.12 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $846.12 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $887.96 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $929.80 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $941.94 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Limited autopsy at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | not published | $178.84 – $178.84 |
| MEDICAL CITY WEATHERFORD HOSPITAL | Weatherford | $2,503.53 | $8.10 – $941.94 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $1,789.87 – $1,789.87 |
| CHRISTUS Children's Hospital | San Antonio | not published | $281.00 – $281.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $8.75 – $1,132.64 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $8.75 – $1,132.64 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $230.17 – $2,026.96 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $8.75 – $1,132.64 |