Platelet automated 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

$586.06

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.

$586.06

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.

$3.76 with Amerigroup vs $586.06 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
Amerigroup CHIP $3.76 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.76 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $3.76 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $3.76 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $3.76 ↓ -99%
United STAR $3.76 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $3.76 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $3.95 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $4.06 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $4.06 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $4.14 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $4.14 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $4.14 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $4.14 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $4.14 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $4.46 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.48 ↓ -99%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $4.48 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $4.48 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $4.48 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.48 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $4.48 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $4.48 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.48 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $4.48 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $4.48 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $4.48 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $4.48 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.48 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $4.48 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $4.48 ↓ -99%
Triwest Veterans FED $4.48 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $4.50 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $4.52 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $4.52 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $4.57 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $4.61 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $4.61 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $4.70 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $4.70 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $4.70 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $4.70 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $4.70 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $4.70 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $4.70 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $4.70 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $4.70 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $4.70 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $4.75 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $4.75 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $4.85 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $4.88 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $4.88 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $4.88 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $4.93 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.38 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $5.70 ↓ -99%
BCBS BluePremier $5.73 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $5.82 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $6.72 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $6.72 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $6.72 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $6.72 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $6.72 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $7.84 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $7.84 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $7.85 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $8.02 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $8.15 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentials $8.15 ↓ -99%
Aetna Meritain $8.37 ↓ -99%
Aetna COMM $8.37 ↓ -99%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $8.51 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $8.56 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $8.87 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $8.96 ↓ -98%
Aetna OON $9.85 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $10.04 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $10.04 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $11.65 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $11.74 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalPlus $17.47 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $17.49 ↓ -97%
Cigna HMO $19.53 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $19.53 ↓ -97%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $19.53 ↓ -97%
Cigna AllOther $24.70 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $41.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $41.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $41.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $41.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $41.02 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $49.76 ↓ -92%
Cigna IFP $79.12 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $82.05 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $101.97 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $143.58 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $151.20 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $175.82 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $175.82 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $198.09 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $234.42 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $260.21 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $263.73 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $263.73 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $293.03 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $308.85 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $322.33 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $322.33 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $322.33 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $322.33 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $339.91 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $354.57 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $354.57 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $380.94 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $410.24 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $410.24 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $410.24 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $439.54 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $439.54 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $468.85 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $468.85 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $498.15 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $586.06 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $586.06 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $586.06 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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