Nuclear exam of tear flow 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

$3,552.97

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.

$3,552.97

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.

$144.01 with United vs $3,552.97 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 $144.01 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup CHIP $144.01 ↓ -96%
United STARPerinate $144.01 ↓ -96%
United STARPLUS $144.01 ↓ -96%
United STARKids $144.01 ↓ -96%
United STAR $144.01 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $144.01 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $151.21 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $155.53 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $155.53 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $158.41 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $158.41 ↓ -96%
Molina STAR+PLUS $158.41 ↓ -96%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $158.41 ↓ -96%
Molina CHIP $158.41 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCD $180.01 ↓ -95%
BCBS BluePremier $193.42 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $212.93 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $212.93 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $248.71 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $248.71 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $248.71 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $248.71 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $248.71 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $254.80 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $349.35 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMM $374.23 ↓ -89%
Aetna Meritain $374.23 ↓ -89%
Aetna OON $438.93 ↓ -88%
United SmallGroup $471.74 ↓ -87%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $471.74 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $479.65 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $497.42 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $618.22 ↓ -83%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $632.28 ↓ -82%
BCBS BlueEssentials $632.28 ↓ -82%
Humana COMM $645.99 ↓ -82%
BCBS EPOSOA $663.16 ↓ -81%
BCBS PPO $694.05 ↓ -80%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $870.48 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $916.67 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $1,065.89 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $1,065.89 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,200.90 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,421.19 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,421.19 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,577.52 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $1,598.84 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,598.84 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,776.48 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,872.42 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,954.13 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,954.13 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,954.13 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,954.13 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,060.72 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,149.55 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,149.55 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $2,309.43 ↓ -35%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,487.08 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,487.08 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,487.08 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,664.73 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,664.73 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $2,842.38 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $2,842.38 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,020.02 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $3,552.97 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,552.97 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,552.97 ↑ +0%

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