Mayo alcohol biomarkers definitive assay 1 or 2 phosphatidylethanol confirmation 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

$216.00

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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$216.00

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.

$0.02 with Aetna vs $216.00 with Unicare — 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
Aetna QHPHIX $0.02 ↓ -100%
Aetna NewBusiness $0.03 ↓ -100%
Aetna Meritain $0.03 ↓ -100%
Aetna COMM $0.03 ↓ -100%
Aetna OON $0.04 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup CHIP $11.31 ↓ -95%
United STAR $11.31 ↓ -95%
United STARKids $11.31 ↓ -95%
United STARPLUS $11.31 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.31 ↓ -95%
United CHIP $11.31 ↓ -95%
United STARPerinate $11.31 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $11.88 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $12.21 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MCD $12.21 ↓ -94%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $12.44 ↓ -94%
Molina CHIP $12.44 ↓ -94%
Molina STAR+PLUS $12.44 ↓ -94%
Molina STARKIDS $12.44 ↓ -94%
Molina MCDSTAR $12.44 ↓ -94%
Humana MGMCD $14.14 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $15.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $15.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $15.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $15.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $15.12 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $29.16 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $30.24 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $37.58 ↓ -83%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $41.04 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $44.93 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $52.92 ↓ -76%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $53.35 ↓ -75%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $53.35 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $55.73 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $57.02 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $57.02 ↓ -74%
BCBS BluePremier $63.07 ↓ -71%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $63.72 ↓ -71%
Cigna HMO $63.72 ↓ -71%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $63.72 ↓ -71%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $64.80 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $64.80 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueEssentials $68.90 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $68.90 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $72.36 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $73.01 ↓ -66%
BCBS PPO $75.60 ↓ -65%
Cigna AllOther $80.57 ↓ -63%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $86.40 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $95.90 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $97.20 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $97.20 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $108.00 ↓ -50%
Humana COMM $112.39 ↓ -48%
Aetna ASA $113.83 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $118.80 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $118.80 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $118.80 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $118.80 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $125.28 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $130.68 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $130.68 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $140.40 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $151.20 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $151.20 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $151.20 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $162.00 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $162.00 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $172.80 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $172.80 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $183.60 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $216.00 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $216.00 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $216.00 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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