Oth resp proc, indiv 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

$187.74

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.

$187.74

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.

$13.14 with Superior Health Plan vs $187.74 with Unicare — 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 $13.14 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $13.14 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $13.14 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $13.14 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $13.14 ↓ -93%
BCBS BluePremier $23.81 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $25.34 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $26.28 ↓ -86%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $27.75 ↓ -85%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $27.75 ↓ -85%
Aetna QHPHIX $30.60 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $32.67 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $39.05 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $44.68 ↓ -76%
Aetna Meritain $48.06 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $48.06 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $49.14 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentials $49.14 ↓ -74%
BCBS EPOSOA $51.56 ↓ -73%
BCBS PPO $53.98 ↓ -71%
Aetna OON $56.32 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $56.32 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $56.32 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $63.46 ↓ -66%
Humana COMM $69.68 ↓ -63%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $75.10 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $83.36 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $84.48 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $84.48 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $93.87 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $98.94 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $103.26 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $103.26 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $103.26 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $103.26 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $108.89 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $113.58 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $113.58 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $122.03 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $131.42 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $131.42 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $131.42 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $140.81 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $140.81 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $150.19 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $150.19 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $159.58 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $187.74 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $187.74 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $187.74 ↑ +0%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $119.59 $23.61 – $149.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $119.59 $27.61 – $149.48
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $76.80 $13.70 – $13.70
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $119.59 $27.61 – $149.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $134.53 $27.69 – $201.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $116.83 $23.37 – $146.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $134.53 $27.61 – $201.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $134.53 $69.51 – $3,235.82

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