Metabolic Blood Panel (Basic) 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

$1,416.04

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.

$1,416.04

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.

$8.42 with WellMed vs $1,416.04 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
WellMed MGMCR $8.42 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $8.46 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $8.46 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $8.46 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $8.46 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $8.46 ↓ -99%
Triwest Veterans FED $8.46 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $8.46 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $8.46 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $8.46 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $8.46 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.46 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $8.46 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $8.46 ↓ -99%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $8.46 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $8.46 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.46 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $8.50 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $8.53 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $8.54 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $8.63 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $8.71 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $8.71 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $8.88 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $8.88 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $8.88 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $8.88 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $8.88 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $8.88 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $8.88 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $8.88 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $8.89 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $8.97 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $8.97 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $9.16 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $9.22 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $9.22 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $9.22 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $9.31 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $9.74 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.74 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $9.74 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $9.74 ↓ -99%
United STAR $9.74 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $9.74 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $9.74 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $10.15 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $10.23 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $10.52 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $10.52 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $10.71 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $10.71 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $10.71 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $10.71 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $10.71 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $10.77 ↓ -99%
BCBS BluePremier $10.83 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $11.00 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $12.18 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $12.69 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $12.69 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $12.69 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $12.69 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $12.69 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $14.81 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $14.81 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $14.83 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $15.14 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $15.40 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentials $15.40 ↓ -99%
Aetna Meritain $15.80 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $15.80 ↓ -99%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $16.07 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $16.16 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $16.75 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $16.92 ↓ -99%
Aetna OON $18.59 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $18.95 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $18.95 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $22.00 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $22.17 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalPlus $33.57 ↓ -98%
Cigna NewBusiness $33.60 ↓ -98%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $37.51 ↓ -97%
Cigna HMO $37.51 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $37.51 ↓ -97%
Cigna AllOther $47.45 ↓ -97%
Humana COMM $93.94 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $99.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $99.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $99.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $99.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $99.12 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $191.17 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $198.25 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $246.39 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $346.93 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $365.34 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $424.81 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $424.81 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $478.62 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $566.42 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $628.72 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $637.22 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $637.22 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $708.02 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $746.25 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $778.82 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $778.82 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $778.82 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $778.82 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $821.30 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $856.70 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $856.70 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $920.43 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $991.23 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $991.23 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $991.23 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,062.03 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,062.03 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,132.83 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,132.83 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,203.63 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,416.04 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,416.04 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,416.04 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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