Muscle test larynx 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

$740.64

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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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$740.64

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.

$51.84 with Superior Health Plan vs $740.64 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 STARKids $51.84 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $51.84 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $51.84 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $51.84 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $51.84 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $99.99 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $103.69 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $120.72 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $128.87 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $154.05 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $176.27 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $181.46 ↓ -75%
Aetna Meritain $189.60 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $189.60 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $191.09 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $195.53 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $195.53 ↓ -74%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $218.49 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $218.49 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $218.49 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $222.19 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $222.19 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $222.19 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $250.34 ↓ -66%
BCBS BluePremier $257.31 ↓ -65%
Cigna AllOther $276.26 ↓ -63%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $296.26 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $296.26 ↓ -60%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $299.83 ↓ -60%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $299.83 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $328.84 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $333.29 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $333.29 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $370.32 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $390.32 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $407.35 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $407.35 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $407.35 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $407.35 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $429.57 ↓ -42%
Humana COMM $432.01 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $448.09 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $448.09 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $481.42 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $518.45 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $518.45 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $518.45 ↓ -30%
BCBS BlueEssentials $530.98 ↓ -28%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $530.98 ↓ -28%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $555.48 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $555.48 ↓ -25%
BCBS EPOSOA $557.14 ↓ -25%
BCBS PPO $583.31 ↓ -21%
USC Health Services COMM $592.51 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $592.51 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $629.54 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $740.64 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $740.64 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $740.64 ↑ +0%

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