Plethysmography lung volumes/airway resistance 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

$841.24

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.

$841.24

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.

$58.89 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,354.08 with BCBS — 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 MCDSTAR $58.89 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $58.89 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $58.89 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $58.89 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $58.89 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $113.57 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $117.77 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $137.12 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $146.38 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $174.98 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $200.22 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $206.10 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMM $215.36 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $215.36 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $217.04 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $222.09 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $222.09 ↓ -74%
Cigna HMO $248.17 ↓ -70%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $248.17 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $248.17 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $252.37 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $284.34 ↓ -66%
Humana COMM $291.94 ↓ -65%
Cigna AllOther $313.78 ↓ -63%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $336.50 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $336.50 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $373.51 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASA $443.33 ↓ -47%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $508.95 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $508.95 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $588.87 ↓ -30%
BCBS BluePremier $597.32 ↓ -29%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $696.02 ↓ -17%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $696.02 ↓ -17%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $841.24 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $841.24 ↑ +0%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,232.60 ↑ +47%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,232.60 ↑ +47%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,293.34 ↑ +54%
BCBS PPO $1,354.08 ↑ +61%

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