Mayo nickel 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.

$20.59 with United vs $272.29 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
United STAR $20.59
Amerigroup MGMCD $20.59
Amerigroup CHIP $20.59
United CHIP $20.59
United STARPerinate $20.59
United STARPLUS $20.59
United STARKids $20.59
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $21.62
Aetna Better Health CHIP $22.24
Aetna Better Health MCD $22.24
Molina STARKIDS $22.65
Molina STAR+PLUS $22.65
Molina CHIP $22.65
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $22.65
Molina MCDSTAR $22.65
WellMed MGMCR $24.39
BCBS MGMCRHMO $24.51
Devoted Health SNP $24.51
Devoted Health HMO $24.51
Humana MGMCR $24.51
Devoted Health PPO $24.51
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $24.51
United AllPayerAppendix $24.51
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $24.51
Triwest Veterans FED $24.51
Devoted Health MME $24.51
United SmallGroup $24.51
Devoted Health MCR $24.51
BCBS MCRPPO $24.51
Devoted Health POS $24.51
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $24.51
Amerigroup DualEligible $24.51
United MGMCR $24.63
Aetna MCR $24.72
Care N Care MGMCR $24.76
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $25.00
Integranet MGMCR $25.25
WellCare MGMCR $25.25
Humana Tricare $25.73
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $25.74
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $25.74
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $25.74
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $25.74
ProCare Advantge MCR $25.74
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $25.74
Humana MGMCD $25.74
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $25.74
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $25.74
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $25.98
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $25.98
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $26.53
Molina MME $26.72
Molina MCR $26.72
Molina MMP $26.72
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $26.96
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $29.41
Aetna QHPHIX $31.19
BCBS BluePremier $31.37
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $31.86
Bravo Health MCRHMO $36.77
Bravo Health MCRPPO $36.77
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $36.77
Bravo Health MCRSNP $36.77
Bravo Health MCRPOS $36.77
BCBS MyBlueHealth $42.89
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $42.89
Aetna NewBusiness $42.95
Superior ValueHMO $43.87
BCBS BlueEssentials $44.61
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $44.61
Aetna COMM $45.75
Aetna Meritain $45.75
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $46.57
BCBS EPOSOA $46.81
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $48.53
BCBS PPO $49.02
Aetna OON $53.84
Superior HMO $54.90
Superior EPO $54.90
Oscar HIX $63.73
Molina Healthcare HIX $64.22
Cigna LocalPlus $96.66
Cigna NewBusiness $96.75
Cigna HMO $108.02
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $108.02
Cigna NetworkBenefit $108.02
Cigna AllOther $136.62
Humana COMM $272.29
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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