Lung Function Test (Spirometry) 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

$251.86

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.

$251.86

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.

$17.63 with Superior Health Plan vs $740.17 with BCBS — 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $17.63 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $17.63 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $17.63 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $17.63 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $17.63 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $34.00 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $35.26 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $41.05 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $43.82 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $52.39 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $59.94 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $61.71 ↓ -75%
Aetna Meritain $64.48 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $64.48 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $64.98 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $66.49 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $66.49 ↓ -74%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $74.30 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $74.30 ↓ -70%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $74.30 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $75.56 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $75.56 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $75.56 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $85.13 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $93.94 ↓ -63%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $100.74 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $100.74 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $111.83 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $113.34 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $113.34 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $125.93 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $132.73 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $138.52 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $138.52 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $138.52 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $138.52 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $146.08 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $152.38 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $152.38 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $163.71 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $176.30 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $176.30 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $176.30 ↓ -30%
Humana COMM $188.07 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $188.90 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $188.90 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $201.49 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $201.49 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $214.08 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $251.86 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $251.86 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $251.86 ↑ +0%
BCBS BluePremier $326.51 ↑ +30%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $380.46 ↑ +51%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $380.46 ↑ +51%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $673.76 ↑ +168%
BCBS BlueEssentials $673.76 ↑ +168%
BCBS EPOSOA $706.97 ↑ +181%
BCBS PPO $740.17 ↑ +194%

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Lung Function Test (Spirometry) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $405.67 $108.18 – $507.09
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $405.67 $114.94 – $507.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $539.93 $111.14 – $809.89
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $539.93 $173.32 – $809.89
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