Rapid Strep Test 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

$236.00

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.

$236.00

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.

$13.89 with United vs $236.00 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
United STAR $13.89 ↓ -94%
United CHIP $13.89 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.89 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup CHIP $13.89 ↓ -94%
United STARPerinate $13.89 ↓ -94%
United STARPLUS $13.89 ↓ -94%
United STARKids $13.89 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $14.58 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $15.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MCD $15.00 ↓ -94%
Molina MCDSTAR $15.28 ↓ -94%
Molina STARKIDS $15.28 ↓ -94%
Molina STAR+PLUS $15.28 ↓ -94%
Molina CHIP $15.28 ↓ -94%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $15.28 ↓ -94%
WellMed MGMCR $16.45 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $16.52 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $16.52 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $16.52 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $16.52 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $16.52 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRPPO $16.53 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.53 ↓ -93%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $16.53 ↓ -93%
Triwest Veterans FED $16.53 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health MME $16.53 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $16.53 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health MCR $16.53 ↓ -93%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $16.53 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health POS $16.53 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health HMO $16.53 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.53 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health SNP $16.53 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup DualEligible $16.53 ↓ -93%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $16.53 ↓ -93%
Humana MGMCR $16.53 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health PPO $16.53 ↓ -93%
United MGMCR $16.61 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCR $16.67 ↓ -93%
Care N Care MGMCR $16.70 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $16.86 ↓ -93%
WellCare MGMCR $17.03 ↓ -93%
Integranet MGMCR $17.03 ↓ -93%
Humana Tricare $17.35 ↓ -93%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $17.36 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $17.36 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $17.36 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $17.36 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $17.36 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $17.36 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $17.36 ↓ -93%
Humana MGMCD $17.36 ↓ -93%
ProCare Advantge MCR $17.36 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $17.52 ↓ -93%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $17.52 ↓ -93%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $17.89 ↓ -92%
Molina MCR $18.02 ↓ -92%
Molina MME $18.02 ↓ -92%
Molina MMP $18.02 ↓ -92%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $18.18 ↓ -92%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $19.84 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPHIX $21.03 ↓ -91%
BCBS BluePremier $21.16 ↓ -91%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $21.49 ↓ -91%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $24.80 ↓ -89%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $24.80 ↓ -89%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $24.80 ↓ -89%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $24.80 ↓ -89%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $24.80 ↓ -89%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $28.93 ↓ -88%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $28.93 ↓ -88%
Aetna NewBusiness $28.97 ↓ -88%
Superior ValueHMO $29.59 ↓ -87%
BCBS BlueEssentials $30.08 ↓ -87%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $30.08 ↓ -87%
Aetna Meritain $30.85 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMM $30.85 ↓ -87%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $31.41 ↓ -87%
BCBS EPOSOA $31.57 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $31.86 ↓ -87%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $32.73 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $33.04 ↓ -86%
BCBS PPO $33.06 ↓ -86%
Aetna OON $36.31 ↓ -85%
Superior HMO $37.03 ↓ -84%
Superior EPO $37.03 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $41.06 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $42.98 ↓ -82%
Molina Healthcare HIX $43.31 ↓ -82%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $57.82 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $60.89 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $65.76 ↓ -72%
Cigna NewBusiness $65.82 ↓ -72%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $70.80 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $70.80 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $73.49 ↓ -69%
Cigna HMO $73.49 ↓ -69%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $73.49 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $79.77 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $92.95 ↓ -61%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $94.40 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $104.78 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $106.20 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $106.20 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $118.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $124.37 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $129.80 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $129.80 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $129.80 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $129.80 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $136.88 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $142.78 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $142.78 ↓ -40%
Humana COMM $148.74 ↓ -37%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $153.40 ↓ -35%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $165.20 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $165.20 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $165.20 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $177.00 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $177.00 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $188.80 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $188.80 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $200.60 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $236.00 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $236.00 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $236.00 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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