Perq clsr tcat l atr apndge 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.

$1,152.67 with BCBS vs $183,372.16 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 BluePremier $1,152.67
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,995.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,069.00
Evry Health COMM $2,287.00
Humana COMM $5,687.91
Oscar HIX $6,587.00
United SmallGroup $8,696.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $10,011.00
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $10,639.41
BCBS BlueEssentials $10,639.41
BCBS EPOSOA $11,170.13
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11,468.67
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $11,468.67
BCBS PPO $11,692.57
Curative Administrators COMM $12,018.00
Aetna QHPHIX $12,049.00
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $12,836.05
Superior Health Plan CHIP $12,836.05
Superior Health Plan STARKids $12,836.05
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $12,836.05
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $12,836.05
United AllPayerAppendix $14,420.00
Aetna NewBusiness $16,508.00
Aetna Meritain $17,640.00
Aetna COMM $17,640.00
Aetna OON $20,752.00
Cigna LocalPlus $21,804.00
Cigna NewBusiness $21,826.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $24,362.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $24,362.00
Cigna HMO $24,362.00
Cigna IFP $24,755.24
Cigna QHP $25,672.10
Cigna AllOther $30,818.00
United OptionsPPO $31,906.76
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $34,840.71
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $55,011.65
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $55,011.65
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $61,979.79
Prominence Health Plan HIX $73,348.86
BCBS Traditional $81,417.24
City of McKinney COMM $82,517.47
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $91,686.08
Aetna ASA $96,637.13
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $100,854.69
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $100,854.69
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $100,854.69
Aetna WCOMP $100,854.69
Averde Health, Inc PPO $106,355.85
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $110,940.16
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $110,940.16
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $119,191.90
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $128,360.51
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $128,360.51
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $128,360.51
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $137,529.12
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $137,529.12
USC Health Services COMM $146,697.73
USA Managed Care COMM $146,697.73
Galaxy Health Network PPO $155,866.34
Unicare MCD $183,372.16
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $183,372.16
Independent Medical Systems COMM $183,372.16
WellMed MGMCR not published by hospital

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