Mucopolysaccharides 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

$573.38

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.

$573.38

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.

$23.94 with United vs $573.38 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
United CHIP $23.94 ↓ -96%
United STARPerinate $23.94 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $23.94 ↓ -96%
United STAR $23.94 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup CHIP $23.94 ↓ -96%
United STARKids $23.94 ↓ -96%
United STARPLUS $23.94 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $25.14 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $25.86 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $25.86 ↓ -95%
Molina STARKIDS $26.33 ↓ -95%
Molina STAR+PLUS $26.33 ↓ -95%
Molina MCDSTAR $26.33 ↓ -95%
Molina CHIP $26.33 ↓ -95%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $26.33 ↓ -95%
WellMed MGMCR $28.36 ↓ -95%
Triwest Veterans FED $28.50 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health SNP $28.50 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health HMO $28.50 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health POS $28.50 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health MCR $28.50 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health MME $28.50 ↓ -95%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $28.50 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCR $28.50 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRPPO $28.50 ↓ -95%
Devoted Health PPO $28.50 ↓ -95%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $28.50 ↓ -95%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $28.50 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup DualEligible $28.50 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $28.50 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $28.50 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $28.50 ↓ -95%
United MGMCR $28.64 ↓ -95%
Aetna MCR $28.74 ↓ -95%
Care N Care MGMCR $28.79 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $29.07 ↓ -95%
WellCare MGMCR $29.36 ↓ -95%
Integranet MGMCR $29.36 ↓ -95%
Humana Tricare $29.92 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $29.93 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $29.93 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $29.93 ↓ -95%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $29.93 ↓ -95%
ProCare Advantge MCR $29.93 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCD $29.93 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $29.93 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $29.93 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $29.93 ↓ -95%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $30.21 ↓ -95%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $30.21 ↓ -95%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $30.85 ↓ -95%
Molina MME $31.07 ↓ -95%
Molina MMP $31.07 ↓ -95%
Molina MCR $31.07 ↓ -95%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $31.35 ↓ -95%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $34.20 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPHIX $36.25 ↓ -94%
BCBS BluePremier $36.48 ↓ -94%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $37.05 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $40.14 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $40.14 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $40.14 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $40.14 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $40.14 ↓ -93%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $42.75 ↓ -93%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $42.75 ↓ -93%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $42.75 ↓ -93%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $42.75 ↓ -93%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $42.75 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $49.88 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $49.88 ↓ -91%
Aetna NewBusiness $49.93 ↓ -91%
Superior ValueHMO $51.02 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueEssentials $51.87 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $51.87 ↓ -91%
Aetna Meritain $53.18 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMM $53.18 ↓ -91%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $54.15 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $54.43 ↓ -91%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $56.43 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $57.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna OON $62.59 ↓ -89%
Superior EPO $63.84 ↓ -89%
Superior HMO $63.84 ↓ -89%
Oscar HIX $74.10 ↓ -87%
Molina Healthcare HIX $74.67 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $77.41 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $80.27 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $99.77 ↓ -83%
Cigna LocalPlus $112.76 ↓ -80%
Cigna NewBusiness $112.86 ↓ -80%
Cigna HMO $126.01 ↓ -78%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $126.01 ↓ -78%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $126.01 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $140.48 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $147.93 ↓ -74%
Cigna AllOther $159.37 ↓ -72%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $172.01 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $172.01 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $193.80 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $229.35 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $254.58 ↓ -56%
Humana COMM $256.45 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $258.02 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $258.02 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $286.69 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $302.17 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $315.36 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $315.36 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $315.36 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $315.36 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $332.56 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $346.89 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $346.89 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $372.70 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $401.37 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $401.37 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $401.37 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $430.04 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $430.04 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $458.70 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $458.70 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $487.37 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $573.38 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $573.38 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $573.38 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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