Set radiation therapy field 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

$796.48

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.

$796.48

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.

$107.52 with Cigna vs $1,263.29 with BCBS — 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
Cigna IFP $107.52 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $111.51 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $138.59 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $165.67 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $195.14 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $205.49 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $238.94 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $238.94 ↓ -70%
Humana COMM $246.83 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $269.21 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $318.59 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $318.59 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $353.64 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $358.42 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $358.42 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $398.24 ↓ -50%
Aetna QHPHIX $410.65 ↓ -48%
Aetna ASA $419.74 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $438.06 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $438.06 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $438.06 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $438.06 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $461.96 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $481.87 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $481.87 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $517.71 ↓ -35%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $557.54 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $557.54 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $557.54 ↓ -30%
Aetna NewBusiness $563.04 ↓ -29%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $597.36 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $597.36 ↓ -25%
Aetna COMM $603.14 ↓ -24%
Aetna Meritain $603.14 ↓ -24%
BCBS BluePremier $635.31 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $637.18 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $637.18 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $677.01 ↓ -15%
Aetna OON $707.41 ↓ -11%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $796.48 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $796.48 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $796.48 ↑ +0%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $855.23 ↑ +7%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $855.23 ↑ +7%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,148.44 ↑ +44%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,148.44 ↑ +44%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,207.09 ↑ +52%
BCBS PPO $1,263.29 ↑ +59%

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