Protein western blot tissue at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
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Cash price 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.
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Gross charge 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.
$18.67 with United vs $246.91 with Humana — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | CHIP | $18.67 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $18.67 | — |
| United | STARKids | $18.67 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $18.67 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $18.67 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $18.67 | — |
| United | STAR | $18.67 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $19.60 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $20.16 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $20.16 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $20.54 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $20.54 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $20.54 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $20.54 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $20.54 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $22.12 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $22.23 | — |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $22.23 | — |
| Devoted Health | POS | $22.23 | — |
| Devoted Health | MCR | $22.23 | — |
| Devoted Health | MME | $22.23 | — |
| Triwest Veterans | FED | $22.23 | — |
| TriWest Veterans | FEDERAL | $22.23 | — |
| Humana | MGMCR | $22.23 | — |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $22.23 | — |
| Devoted Health | SNP | $22.23 | — |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $22.23 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $22.23 | — |
| Mutual of Omaha | MGMCR | $22.23 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $22.23 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $22.23 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $22.23 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $22.34 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $22.42 | — |
| Care N Care | MGMCR | $22.45 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCR | $22.67 | — |
| Integranet | MGMCR | $22.90 | — |
| WellCare | MGMCR | $22.90 | — |
| ProCare Advantge | MCR | $23.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRSNP | $23.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPOS | $23.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPFFS | $23.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRDualEligible | $23.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPPO | $23.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRHMO | $23.34 | — |
| American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. | MGMCR | $23.34 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $23.34 | — |
| Texas Independent Health Plan | MGMCR | $23.56 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MCR | $23.56 | — |
| Molina | MME | $24.23 | — |
| Molina | MMP | $24.23 | — |
| Molina | MCR | $24.23 | — |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $24.45 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $26.68 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $28.28 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $28.45 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MGMCR | $28.90 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRHMO | $33.34 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRPOS | $33.34 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRPPO | $33.34 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRSNP | $33.34 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRPFFS | $33.34 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $38.90 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $38.90 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $38.95 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $39.79 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $40.46 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $40.46 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $41.49 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $41.49 | — |
| USA Managed Care | WORKERSCOMP | $42.24 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $42.46 | — |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $44.02 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $44.46 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $48.82 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $49.80 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $49.80 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $57.80 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $58.24 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $88.61 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $88.70 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $99.03 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $99.03 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $99.03 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $125.25 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $246.91 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Protein western blot tissue at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | not published | $18.67 – $43.61 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $20.01 – $85.59 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $18.30 – $92.01 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $18.67 – $92.01 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $48.56 – $96.92 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $18.30 – $92.01 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | not published | $18.30 – $92.01 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | not published | $18.67 – $92.01 |