Prev med cnsl indiv apprx 60 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

$299.45

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.

$299.45

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.

$20.96 with Superior Health Plan vs $541.79 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 $20.96 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $20.96 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $20.96 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $20.96 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $20.96 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $40.43 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $41.92 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $48.81 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $52.10 ↓ -83%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $56.90 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $62.29 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $71.27 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $73.37 ↓ -75%
Humana Tricare $74.65 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMM $76.66 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $76.66 ↓ -74%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $76.96 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $77.26 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $79.05 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $79.05 ↓ -74%
Cigna HMO $88.34 ↓ -70%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $88.34 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $88.34 ↓ -70%
Humana COMM $89.42 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $89.83 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $89.83 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $89.83 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $101.21 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $111.69 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $119.78 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $119.78 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $132.96 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $134.75 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $134.75 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $149.72 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $157.81 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $164.70 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $164.70 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $164.70 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $164.70 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $173.68 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $181.17 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $181.17 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $194.64 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $209.62 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $209.62 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $209.62 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $224.59 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $224.59 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $239.56 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $239.56 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $254.53 ↓ -15%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $278.49 ↓ -7%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $278.49 ↓ -7%
Unicare MCD $299.45 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $299.45 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $299.45 ↑ +0%
BCBS BlueEssentials $493.18 ↑ +65%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $493.18 ↑ +65%
BCBS EPOSOA $517.49 ↑ +73%
BCBS PPO $541.79 ↑ +81%

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