Microalbumin urine 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

$885.43

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.

$885.43

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.

$5.23 with Amerigroup vs $885.43 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
Amerigroup CHIP $5.23 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.23 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $5.23 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $5.23 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $5.23 ↓ -99%
United STAR $5.23 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $5.23 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $5.49 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.65 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $5.65 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $5.75 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $5.75 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $5.75 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $5.75 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $5.75 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $6.20 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $6.23 ↓ -99%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $6.23 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $6.23 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $6.23 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6.23 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $6.23 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $6.23 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $6.23 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $6.23 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $6.23 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $6.23 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $6.23 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $6.23 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $6.23 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $6.23 ↓ -99%
Triwest Veterans FED $6.23 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $6.26 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $6.28 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $6.29 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $6.35 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $6.42 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $6.42 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $6.54 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $6.54 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $6.54 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $6.54 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $6.54 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $6.54 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $6.54 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $6.54 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $6.54 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $6.54 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $6.60 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $6.60 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $6.74 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $6.79 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $6.79 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $6.79 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $6.85 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $7.48 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $7.93 ↓ -99%
BCBS BluePremier $7.97 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $8.10 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $9.35 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $9.35 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $9.35 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $9.35 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $9.35 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10.90 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $10.90 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $10.92 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $11.15 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $11.34 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentials $11.34 ↓ -99%
Aetna Meritain $11.63 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $11.63 ↓ -99%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $11.84 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $11.90 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $12.34 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $12.46 ↓ -99%
Aetna OON $13.69 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $13.96 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $13.96 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $16.20 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $16.32 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalPlus $24.14 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $24.17 ↓ -97%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $26.98 ↓ -97%
Cigna HMO $26.98 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $26.98 ↓ -97%
Cigna AllOther $34.13 ↓ -96%
Humana COMM $56.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $61.98 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $61.98 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $61.98 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $61.98 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $61.98 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $119.53 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $123.96 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $154.06 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $216.93 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $228.44 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $265.63 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $265.63 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $299.28 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $354.17 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $393.13 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $398.44 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $398.44 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $442.71 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $466.62 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $486.99 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $486.99 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $486.99 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $486.99 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $513.55 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $535.69 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $535.69 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $575.53 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $619.80 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $619.80 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $619.80 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $664.07 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $664.07 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $708.34 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $708.34 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $752.62 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $885.43 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $885.43 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $885.43 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $45.29 $5.23 – $56.62
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