Mr sfty implt&/fb asmt stf 1 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

$51.57

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.

$51.57

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.

$3.61 with Superior Health Plan vs $104.57 with BCBS — 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $3.61 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $3.61 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $3.61 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $3.61 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $3.61 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $6.96 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $7.22 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $8.41 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $8.97 ↓ -83%
Aetna NewBusiness $12.27 ↓ -76%
Aetna Meritain $13.20 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $13.20 ↓ -74%
BCBS BluePremier $15.06 ↓ -71%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $15.47 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $15.47 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $15.47 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $17.43 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $20.63 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $22.90 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $23.21 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $23.21 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $25.79 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $27.18 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $28.36 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $28.36 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $28.36 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $28.36 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $29.91 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $31.20 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $31.20 ↓ -39%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $32.08 ↓ -38%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $32.08 ↓ -38%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $33.06 ↓ -36%
United SmallGroup $33.06 ↓ -36%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $33.52 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $36.10 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $36.10 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $38.68 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $38.68 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $41.26 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $41.26 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $43.83 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $51.57 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $51.57 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $51.57 ↑ +0%
United AllPayerAppendix $55.10 ↑ +7%
BCBS BlueEssentials $95.27 ↑ +85%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $95.27 ↑ +85%
BCBS EPOSOA $99.92 ↑ +94%
BCBS PPO $104.57 ↑ +103%

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Mr sfty implt&/fb asmt stf 1 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $50.40 $24.49 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $50.40 $24.49 – $2,149.00
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $51.45 $37.84 – $37.84
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $71.15 not published
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $50.40 $24.49 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $50.40 $10.37 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $50.40 $24.49 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $50.40 $26.20 – $2,149.00

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