Reticulocyte automated 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

$491.02

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.

$491.02

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.

$3.35 with Amerigroup vs $491.02 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
Amerigroup CHIP $3.35 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.35 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $3.35 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $3.35 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $3.35 ↓ -99%
United STAR $3.35 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $3.35 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $3.52 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $3.62 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $3.62 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $3.69 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $3.69 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $3.69 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $3.69 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $3.69 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $3.97 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $3.99 ↓ -99%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $3.99 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $3.99 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $3.99 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.99 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $3.99 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $3.99 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.99 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $3.99 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $3.99 ↓ -99%
Triwest Veterans FED $3.99 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $3.99 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $3.99 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $3.99 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $3.99 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $3.99 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $4.01 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $4.02 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $4.03 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $4.07 ↓ -99%
Integranet MGMCR $4.11 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $4.11 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $4.19 ↓ -99%
Humana Tricare $4.19 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $4.19 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantge MCR $4.19 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $4.19 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $4.19 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $4.19 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $4.19 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $4.19 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $4.19 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $4.23 ↓ -99%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $4.23 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $4.32 ↓ -99%
Molina MME $4.35 ↓ -99%
Molina MMP $4.35 ↓ -99%
Molina MCR $4.35 ↓ -99%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $4.39 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $4.79 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPHIX $5.07 ↓ -99%
BCBS BluePremier $5.11 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $5.19 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $5.99 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $5.99 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $5.99 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $5.99 ↓ -99%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $5.99 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6.98 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $6.98 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $6.98 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $7.14 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentials $7.26 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $7.26 ↓ -99%
Aetna Meritain $7.43 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $7.43 ↓ -98%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $7.58 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $7.62 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7.90 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $7.98 ↓ -98%
Aetna OON $8.75 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $8.94 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $8.94 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $10.37 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $10.45 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalPlus $16.10 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $16.11 ↓ -97%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $17.99 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $17.99 ↓ -96%
Cigna HMO $17.99 ↓ -96%
Cigna AllOther $22.75 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $34.37 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $34.37 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $34.37 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $34.37 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $34.37 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $44.36 ↓ -91%
Cigna IFP $66.29 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $68.74 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $85.44 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $120.30 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $126.68 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $147.31 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $147.31 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $165.96 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $196.41 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $218.01 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $220.96 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $220.96 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $245.51 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $258.77 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $270.06 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $270.06 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $270.06 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $270.06 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $284.79 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $297.07 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $297.07 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $319.16 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $343.71 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $343.71 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $343.71 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $368.26 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $368.26 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $392.82 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $392.82 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $417.37 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $491.02 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $491.02 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $491.02 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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