Prev med cnsl indiv apprx 45 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

$226.90

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.

$226.90

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.

$15.88 with Superior Health Plan vs $408.74 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 CHIP $15.88 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $15.88 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $15.88 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $15.88 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $15.88 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $30.63 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $31.77 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $36.98 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $39.48 ↓ -83%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $43.11 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $47.20 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $54.00 ↓ -76%
Humana Tricare $55.30 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $55.59 ↓ -76%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $57.01 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMM $58.09 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $58.09 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $58.54 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $59.90 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $59.90 ↓ -74%
Cigna HMO $66.94 ↓ -70%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $66.94 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $66.94 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $68.07 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $68.07 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $68.07 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $76.69 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $84.63 ↓ -63%
Humana COMM $86.92 ↓ -62%
Curative Administrators COMM $90.76 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $90.76 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $100.74 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $102.11 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $102.11 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $113.45 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $119.58 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $124.80 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $124.80 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $124.80 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $124.80 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $131.60 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $137.27 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $137.27 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $147.49 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $158.83 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $158.83 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $158.83 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $170.18 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $170.18 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $181.52 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $181.52 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $192.87 ↓ -15%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $210.10 ↓ -7%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $210.10 ↓ -7%
Unicare MCD $226.90 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $226.90 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $226.90 ↑ +0%
BCBS BlueEssentials $372.07 ↑ +64%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $372.07 ↑ +64%
BCBS EPOSOA $390.40 ↑ +72%
BCBS PPO $408.74 ↑ +80%

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