Scr c/v cyto,thinlayer,rescr 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.

$26.91 with WellMed vs $193.51 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
WellMed MGMCR $26.91
United AllPayerAppendix $27.05
Devoted Health HMO $27.05
Devoted Health POS $27.05
Devoted Health MCR $27.05
Devoted Health MME $27.05
Triwest Veterans FED $27.05
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $27.05
Devoted Health PPO $27.05
Humana MGMCR $27.05
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $27.05
Devoted Health SNP $27.05
BCBS MGMCRHMO $27.05
United SmallGroup $27.05
BCBS MCRPPO $27.05
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $27.05
Amerigroup DualEligible $27.05
United MGMCR $27.19
Aetna MCR $27.28
Care N Care MGMCR $27.32
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $27.59
Integranet MGMCR $27.86
WellCare MGMCR $27.86
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $28.40
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $28.40
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $28.40
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $28.40
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $28.40
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $28.40
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $28.40
ProCare Advantge MCR $28.40
Humana Tricare $28.40
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $28.67
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $28.67
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $29.28
Molina MME $29.48
Molina MMP $29.48
Molina MCR $29.48
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $29.76
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $32.46
Aetna QHPHIX $34.41
BCBS BluePremier $34.62
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $35.16
Bravo Health MCRPPO $40.58
Bravo Health MCRPOS $40.58
Bravo Health MCRHMO $40.58
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $40.58
Bravo Health MCRSNP $40.58
BCBS MyBlueHealth $47.34
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $47.34
Aetna NewBusiness $47.39
Superior ValueHMO $48.42
BCBS BlueEssentials $49.23
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $49.23
Aetna Meritain $50.48
Aetna COMM $50.48
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $51.39
BCBS EPOSOA $51.67
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $53.56
BCBS PPO $54.10
Aetna OON $59.40
Superior EPO $60.59
Superior HMO $60.59
Oscar HIX $70.33
Molina Healthcare HIX $70.87
Cigna LocalPlus $107.38
Cigna NewBusiness $107.48
Cigna NetworkBenefit $120.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $120.00
Cigna HMO $120.00
Cigna AllOther $151.77
Humana COMM $193.51

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Scr c/v cyto,thinlayer,rescr at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $39.76 – $39.76
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $24.35 – $104.14
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $75.31 – $75.31
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $26.51 – $111.50
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $26.51 – $111.50
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $59.07 – $117.94
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $26.51 – $111.50
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $26.51 – $111.50

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