Ost urine pch w b/bltin conv 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.

$10.38 with BCBS vs $68.53 with Humana — 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10.38
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $10.38
BCBS BluePremier $11.77
Humana Tricare $11.78
BCBS MGMCRHMO $11.90
BCBS MCRPPO $11.90
WellMed MGMCR $12.08
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $12.14
Devoted Health PPO $12.14
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $12.14
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $12.14
Amerigroup DualEligible $12.14
Humana MGMCR $12.14
Devoted Health SNP $12.14
Devoted Health HMO $12.14
Devoted Health POS $12.14
Devoted Health MCR $12.14
Devoted Health MME $12.14
Triwest Veterans FED $12.14
United MGMCR $12.20
Aetna MCR $12.24
Care N Care MGMCR $12.26
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $12.38
WellCare MGMCR $12.50
Integranet MGMCR $12.50
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $12.75
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $12.75
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $12.75
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $12.75
ProCare Advantge MCR $12.75
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $12.75
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $12.75
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $12.75
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $12.87
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $12.87
Molina MMP $13.23
Molina MCR $13.23
Molina MME $13.23
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $13.35
BCBS BlueEssentials $13.35
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $13.35
BCBS EPOSOA $14.04
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $14.57
BCBS PPO $14.64
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $15.78
Bravo Health MCRPOS $18.21
Bravo Health MCRHMO $18.21
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $18.21
Bravo Health MCRSNP $18.21
Bravo Health MCRPPO $18.21
Superior ValueHMO $21.73
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $23.07
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $24.04
Superior EPO $27.19
Superior HMO $27.19
Molina Healthcare HIX $31.81
Humana COMM $68.53

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