Prq trluml c athrc 1 art&/br 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

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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.

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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.

$4,543.89 with Humana vs $46,251.00 with Cigna — 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
Humana COMM $4,543.89
Cigna IFP $5,501.17
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $5,591.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5,591.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5,591.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5,591.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $5,591.00
Cigna QHP $5,704.92
United OptionsPPO $7,090.40
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $12,224.83
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $12,224.83
Oscar HIX $12,897.00
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $13,773.31
Prominence Health Plan HIX $16,299.77
Aetna QHPHIX $17,679.00
BCBS Traditional $18,092.75
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $18,337.24
City of McKinney COMM $18,337.24
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $20,374.72
Aetna ASA $21,474.95
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $21,909.00
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $22,412.19
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $22,412.19
Aetna WCOMP $22,412.19
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $22,412.19
BCBS BluePremier $23,384.01
Averde Health, Inc PPO $23,634.67
Aetna NewBusiness $24,226.00
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $24,653.41
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $24,653.41
Aetna Meritain $25,883.00
Aetna COMM $25,883.00
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $26,487.13
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $26,766.00
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $28,524.60
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $28,524.60
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $28,524.60
Evry Health COMM $29,597.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $30,319.95
BCBS MyBlueHealth $30,319.95
Aetna OON $30,452.00
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $30,562.07
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $30,562.07
United SmallGroup $31,500.00
USA Managed Care COMM $32,599.54
USC Health Services COMM $32,599.54
Cigna LocalPlus $32,724.00
Cigna NewBusiness $32,756.00
Galaxy Health Network PPO $34,637.02
Cigna HMO $36,562.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $36,562.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $36,562.00
BCBS BlueEssentials $39,138.50
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $39,138.50
Unicare MCD $40,749.43
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $40,749.43
Independent Medical Systems COMM $40,749.43
BCBS EPOSOA $41,120.19
United AllPayerAppendix $42,840.00
BCBS PPO $43,002.80
Curative Administrators COMM $43,890.00
Cigna AllOther $46,251.00

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Prq trluml c athrc 1 art&/br at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $14,770.25 $3,938.73 – $27,252.71
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