New Patient Office Visit (level 4) 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.

$27.32 with Superior Health Plan vs $701.81 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 STARKids $27.32
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $27.32
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $27.32
Superior Health Plan CHIP $27.32
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $27.32
Cigna IFP $52.69
Cigna QHP $54.64
Aetna QHPHIX $63.62
United OptionsPPO $67.91
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $74.16
Aetna NewBusiness $92.89
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $95.62
Aetna Meritain $99.91
Aetna COMM $99.91
Evry Health COMM $100.69
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $117.09
Aetna OON $117.09
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $117.09
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $131.92
Curative Administrators COMM $156.12
Prominence Health Plan HIX $156.12
BCBS Traditional $173.29
City of McKinney COMM $175.63
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $175.63
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $195.15
Aetna ASA $205.68
Aetna WCOMP $214.66
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $214.66
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $214.66
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $214.66
Averde Health, Inc PPO $226.37
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $236.13
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $236.13
Humana COMM $239.15
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $253.69
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $273.20
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $273.20
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $273.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $292.72
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $292.72
USA Managed Care COMM $312.23
USC Health Services COMM $312.23
Galaxy Health Network PPO $331.75
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $360.75
BCBS MyBlueHealth $360.75
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $390.29
Independent Medical Systems COMM $390.29
Unicare MCD $390.29
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $638.85
BCBS BlueEssentials $638.85
BCBS EPOSOA $670.33
BCBS PPO $701.81

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New Patient Office Visit (level 4) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $484.35 $178.14 – $178.14
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $820.97 $505.04 – $505.04
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $238.35 $82.00 – $681.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $261.63 $34.53 – $261.05
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $102.36 $94.25 – $565.49
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $238.35 $74.00 – $681.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $238.35 $74.00 – $681.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $261.63 $77.00 – $517.44

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