Pq dr cath chg w cont s&i 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

$661.46

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.

$661.46

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.

$46.30 with Superior Health Plan vs $661.46 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 STARHealth $46.30 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $46.30 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $46.30 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $46.30 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $46.30 ↓ -93%
BCBS BluePremier $81.48 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $87.63 ↓ -87%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $89.70 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $89.70 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $90.87 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $101.17 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $112.94 ↓ -83%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $123.33 ↓ -81%
Aetna NewBusiness $138.72 ↓ -79%
Aetna Meritain $148.60 ↓ -78%
Aetna COMM $148.60 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $159.03 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $167.47 ↓ -75%
Cigna NewBusiness $171.36 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $171.36 ↓ -74%
Aetna OON $174.28 ↓ -74%
Cigna HMO $191.48 ↓ -71%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $191.48 ↓ -71%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $191.48 ↓ -71%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $198.44 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $198.44 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $219.40 ↓ -67%
Cigna AllOther $242.11 ↓ -63%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $259.64 ↓ -61%
Curative Administrators COMM $259.64 ↓ -61%
BCBS BlueEssentials $266.35 ↓ -60%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $266.35 ↓ -60%
BCBS EPOSOA $279.36 ↓ -58%
Humana COMM $286.06 ↓ -57%
BCBS PPO $292.37 ↓ -56%
BCBS Traditional $293.69 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $297.66 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $297.66 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $330.73 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $342.08 ↓ -48%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $363.80 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $363.80 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $363.80 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $363.80 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $383.65 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $392.71 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $392.71 ↓ -41%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $429.95 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $454.37 ↓ -31%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $463.02 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $463.02 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $496.10 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $496.10 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $529.17 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $529.17 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $562.24 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $649.10 ↓ -2%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $649.10 ↓ -2%
Unicare MCD $661.46 ↑ +0%

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