Long tongue stirrup 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.

$175.03 with Humana vs $1,019.40 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 $175.03
BCBS MCRPPO $176.90
BCBS MGMCRHMO $176.90
WellMed MGMCR $179.54
Devoted Health MCR $180.44
Devoted Health MME $180.44
Humana MGMCR $180.44
Triwest Veterans FED $180.44
Devoted Health SNP $180.44
Devoted Health HMO $180.44
Devoted Health POS $180.44
Amerigroup DualEligible $180.44
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $180.44
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $180.44
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $180.44
Devoted Health PPO $180.44
United MGMCR $181.34
Aetna MCR $181.97
Care N Care MGMCR $182.24
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $184.05
WellCare MGMCR $185.85
Integranet MGMCR $185.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $189.46
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $189.46
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $189.46
ProCare Advantge MCR $189.46
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $189.46
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $189.46
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $189.46
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $189.46
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $191.27
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $191.27
Molina MME $196.68
Molina MMP $196.68
Molina MCR $196.68
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $198.48
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $216.53
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $234.57
Bravo Health MCRSNP $270.66
Bravo Health MCRPOS $270.66
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $270.66
Bravo Health MCRHMO $270.66
Bravo Health MCRPPO $270.66
Superior ValueHMO $322.99
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $342.84
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $357.27
Superior EPO $404.19
Superior HMO $404.19
Molina Healthcare HIX $472.75
Humana COMM $1,019.40

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $293.85 not published
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen $293.85 not published
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound Flower Mound $293.85 not published
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $293.85 not published
Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital Arlington $293.85 not published
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton Denton $293.85 not published
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano Plano $293.85 not published
Texas Health Hospital Rockwall Rockwall $293.85 not published

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