Microfluid analy tears 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.

$18.88 with United vs $202.28 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 $18.88
Amerigroup MGMCD $18.88
Amerigroup CHIP $18.88
United CHIP $18.88
United STARPerinate $18.88
United STARPLUS $18.88
United STARKids $18.88
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $19.82
Aetna Better Health CHIP $20.39
Aetna Better Health MCD $20.39
Molina STARKIDS $20.77
Molina STAR+PLUS $20.77
Molina CHIP $20.77
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $20.77
Molina MCDSTAR $20.77
WellMed MGMCR $22.37
BCBS MGMCRHMO $22.48
Devoted Health SNP $22.48
Devoted Health HMO $22.48
Humana MGMCR $22.48
Devoted Health PPO $22.48
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $22.48
United AllPayerAppendix $22.48
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $22.48
Triwest Veterans FED $22.48
Devoted Health MME $22.48
United SmallGroup $22.48
Devoted Health MCR $22.48
BCBS MCRPPO $22.48
Devoted Health POS $22.48
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $22.48
Amerigroup DualEligible $22.48
United MGMCR $22.59
Aetna MCR $22.67
Care N Care MGMCR $22.70
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $22.93
Integranet MGMCR $23.15
WellCare MGMCR $23.15
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $23.60
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $23.60
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $23.60
Humana Tricare $23.60
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $23.60
ProCare Advantge MCR $23.60
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $23.60
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $23.60
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $23.60
Humana MGMCD $23.60
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $23.83
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $23.83
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $24.33
Molina MME $24.50
Molina MCR $24.50
Molina MMP $24.50
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $24.73
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $26.98
Aetna QHPHIX $28.60
BCBS BluePremier $28.77
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $29.22
Bravo Health MCRHMO $33.72
Bravo Health MCRPPO $33.72
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $33.72
Bravo Health MCRSNP $33.72
Bravo Health MCRPOS $33.72
BCBS MyBlueHealth $39.34
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $39.34
Aetna NewBusiness $39.39
Superior ValueHMO $40.24
BCBS BlueEssentials $40.91
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $40.91
Aetna COMM $41.95
Aetna Meritain $41.95
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $42.71
BCBS EPOSOA $42.94
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $44.51
BCBS PPO $44.96
Aetna OON $49.37
Superior HMO $50.36
Superior EPO $50.36
Oscar HIX $58.45
Molina Healthcare HIX $58.90
Cigna LocalPlus $88.61
Cigna NewBusiness $88.70
Cigna HMO $99.03
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $99.03
Cigna NetworkBenefit $99.03
Cigna AllOther $125.25
Humana COMM $202.28
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $135.83 $12.00 – $203.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $135.83 $12.00 – $169.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $135.83 $12.00 – $203.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $135.83 $8.00 – $203.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $135.83 $12.00 – $203.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $135.83 $18.88 – $169.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $135.83 $12.00 – $203.74

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