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

$1,334.95

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.

$1,334.95

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.

$180.22 with Cigna vs $2,254.48 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 $180.22 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $186.89 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $232.28 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $277.67 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $327.06 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $344.42 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $400.49 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $400.49 ↓ -70%
Humana COMM $413.70 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $451.21 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $533.98 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $533.98 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $592.72 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $600.73 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $600.73 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $667.48 ↓ -50%
Aetna QHPHIX $668.34 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $703.52 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $734.22 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $734.22 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $734.22 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $734.22 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $774.27 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $807.64 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $807.64 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $867.72 ↓ -35%
Aetna NewBusiness $916.36 ↓ -31%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $934.47 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $934.47 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $934.47 ↓ -30%
Aetna COMM $981.62 ↓ -26%
Aetna Meritain $981.62 ↓ -26%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,001.21 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,001.21 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $1,067.96 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,067.96 ↓ -20%
BCBS BluePremier $1,133.78 ↓ -15%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,134.71 ↓ -15%
Aetna OON $1,151.32 ↓ -14%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,334.95 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,334.95 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,334.95 ↑ +0%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,526.24 ↑ +14%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,526.24 ↑ +14%
BCBS BlueEssentials $2,049.53 ↑ +54%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $2,049.53 ↑ +54%
BCBS EPOSOA $2,154.19 ↑ +61%
BCBS PPO $2,254.48 ↑ +69%

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