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.

$43.75 with WellMed vs $314.55 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 $43.75
United AllPayerAppendix $43.97
Devoted Health HMO $43.97
Devoted Health POS $43.97
Devoted Health MCR $43.97
Devoted Health MME $43.97
Triwest Veterans FED $43.97
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $43.97
Devoted Health PPO $43.97
Humana MGMCR $43.97
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $43.97
Devoted Health SNP $43.97
BCBS MGMCRHMO $43.97
United SmallGroup $43.97
BCBS MCRPPO $43.97
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $43.97
Amerigroup DualEligible $43.97
United MGMCR $44.19
Aetna MCR $44.34
Care N Care MGMCR $44.41
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $44.85
Integranet MGMCR $45.29
WellCare MGMCR $45.29
Humana Tricare $46.16
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $46.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $46.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $46.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $46.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $46.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $46.17
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $46.17
ProCare Advantge MCR $46.17
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $46.61
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $46.61
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $47.59
Molina MCR $47.93
Molina MME $47.93
Molina MMP $47.93
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $48.37
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $52.76
Aetna QHPHIX $55.93
BCBS BluePremier $56.28
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $57.16
Bravo Health MCRSNP $65.95
Bravo Health MCRPPO $65.95
Bravo Health MCRPOS $65.95
Bravo Health MCRHMO $65.95
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $65.95
BCBS MyBlueHealth $76.95
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $76.95
Aetna NewBusiness $77.03
Superior ValueHMO $78.71
BCBS BlueEssentials $80.03
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $80.03
Aetna Meritain $82.04
Aetna COMM $82.04
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $83.54
BCBS EPOSOA $83.98
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $87.06
BCBS PPO $87.94
Aetna OON $96.55
Superior EPO $98.49
Superior HMO $98.49
Oscar HIX $114.32
Molina Healthcare HIX $115.20
Cigna LocalPlus $174.51
Cigna NewBusiness $174.68
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $195.02
Cigna HMO $195.02
Cigna NetworkBenefit $195.02
Cigna AllOther $246.66
Humana COMM $314.55

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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 $41.93 – $41.93
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $39.57 – $169.28
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $79.43 – $79.43
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $43.09 – $181.21
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $43.09 – $181.21
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $96.03 – $191.71
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $43.09 – $181.21
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $43.09 – $181.21

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