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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.

$1,995.00 with Fidelis SecureCare vs $17,761.00 with Cigna — 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
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
United STARPLUS $2,659.64
United CHIP $2,659.64
United STARPerinate $2,659.64
United STAR $2,659.64
United STARKids $2,659.64
Amerigroup MGMCD $2,792.62
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $2,792.62
Amerigroup CHIP $2,792.62
Molina STARKIDS $2,925.60
Molina MCDSTAR $2,925.60
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $2,925.60
Molina CHIP $2,925.60
Molina STAR+PLUS $2,925.60
Aetna Better Health MCD $3,191.57
Aetna Better Health CHIP $3,191.57
Humana MGMCD $3,324.55
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $3,650.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Evry Health COMM $4,036.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00
United SmallGroup $4,539.00
Curative Administrators COMM $4,807.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4,914.00
Oscar HIX $5,381.00
WellMed MGMCR $5,976.54
United AllPayerAppendix $6,600.00
BCBS BluePremier $6,742.24
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $7,092.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9,798.07
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $9,798.07
BCBS BlueEssentials $11,592.77
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $11,592.77
Humana COMM $11,743.00
BCBS EPOSOA $12,174.83
Cigna LocalPlus $12,566.00
Cigna NewBusiness $12,579.00
BCBS PPO $12,756.89
Cigna HMO $14,040.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $14,040.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $14,040.00
Cigna AllOther $17,761.00

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