Red blood cells washed each unit 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

$2,001.33

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.

$2,001.33

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.

$140.09 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,749.02 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.

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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 $140.09 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $140.09 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $140.09 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $140.09 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $140.09 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $270.18 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $280.19 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $348.23 ↓ -83%
Aetna QHPHIX $351.35 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $416.28 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $483.93 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $490.33 ↓ -75%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $494.33 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $494.33 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMM $515.42 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $515.42 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $516.34 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $528.35 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $528.35 ↓ -74%
BCBS BluePremier $584.39 ↓ -71%
Cigna HMO $590.39 ↓ -71%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $590.39 ↓ -71%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $590.39 ↓ -71%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $600.40 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $600.40 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $606.57 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $638.42 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentials $638.42 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $670.45 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $676.45 ↓ -66%
BCBS PPO $700.47 ↓ -65%
Cigna AllOther $746.50 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $800.53 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $800.53 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $888.59 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $900.60 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $900.60 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,000.66 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,054.70 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,100.73 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,100.73 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,100.73 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,100.73 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,160.77 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,210.80 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,210.80 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $1,300.86 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,400.93 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,400.93 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,400.93 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,501.00 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,501.00 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,601.06 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,601.06 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,701.13 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $2,001.33 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,001.33 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,001.33 ↑ +0%
Humana COMM $2,749.02 ↑ +37%

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