Mayo alcohol definitive assay volatile screen 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.

$0.02 with Aetna vs $384.89 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
Aetna NewBusiness $0.03
Aetna Meritain $0.03
Aetna COMM $0.03
Aetna OON $0.04
Amerigroup CHIP $9.42
United STAR $9.42
United STARKids $9.42
United STARPLUS $9.42
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.42
United CHIP $9.42
United STARPerinate $9.42
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $9.89
Aetna Better Health CHIP $10.17
Aetna Better Health MCD $10.17
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $10.36
Molina CHIP $10.36
Molina STAR+PLUS $10.36
Molina STARKIDS $10.36
Molina MCDSTAR $10.36
Humana MGMCD $11.78
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $26.94
Superior Health Plan CHIP $26.94
Superior Health Plan STARKids $26.94
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $26.94
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $26.94
Cigna IFP $51.96
Cigna QHP $53.88
United OptionsPPO $66.97
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $73.13
Oscar HIX $80.06
Humana COMM $94.21
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $94.30
BCBS MyBlueHealth $95.07
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $95.07
Cigna LocalPlus $95.33
Cigna NewBusiness $95.42
Evry Health COMM $99.30
Cigna NetworkBenefit $106.53
Cigna HMO $106.53
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $106.53
BCBS BluePremier $112.39
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $115.47
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $115.47
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $122.78
BCBS BlueEssentials $122.78
BCBS EPOSOA $128.94
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $130.09
BCBS PPO $134.71
Cigna AllOther $134.74
Prominence Health Plan HIX $153.96
BCBS Traditional $170.89
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $173.20
City of McKinney COMM $173.20
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $192.44
Aetna ASA $202.84
Aetna WCOMP $211.69
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $211.69
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $211.69
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $211.69
Averde Health, Inc PPO $223.24
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $232.86
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $232.86
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $250.18
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $269.42
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $269.42
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $269.42
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $288.67
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $288.67
USC Health Services COMM $307.91
USA Managed Care COMM $307.91
Galaxy Health Network PPO $327.16
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $384.89
Independent Medical Systems COMM $384.89
Unicare MCD $384.89
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $84.63 $9.42 – $47.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $84.63 $9.42 – $47.60
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $95.97 $6.92 – $50.40
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