Sex chromatin identification 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.

$17.89 with WellMed vs $199.67 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 $17.89
United AllPayerAppendix $17.98
Devoted Health HMO $17.98
Devoted Health POS $17.98
Devoted Health MCR $17.98
Devoted Health MME $17.98
Triwest Veterans FED $17.98
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $17.98
Devoted Health PPO $17.98
Humana MGMCR $17.98
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $17.98
Devoted Health SNP $17.98
BCBS MGMCRHMO $17.98
United SmallGroup $17.98
BCBS MCRPPO $17.98
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $17.98
Amerigroup DualEligible $17.98
United MGMCR $18.07
Aetna MCR $18.13
Care N Care MGMCR $18.16
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $18.34
Integranet MGMCR $18.52
WellCare MGMCR $18.52
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $18.88
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $18.88
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $18.88
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $18.88
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $18.88
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $18.88
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $18.88
ProCare Advantge MCR $18.88
Humana Tricare $18.88
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $19.06
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $19.06
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $19.46
Molina MCR $19.60
Molina MME $19.60
Molina MMP $19.60
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $19.78
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $21.58
Aetna QHPHIX $22.87
BCBS BluePremier $23.01
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $23.37
Bravo Health MCRPPO $26.97
Bravo Health MCRSNP $26.97
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $26.97
Bravo Health MCRHMO $26.97
Bravo Health MCRPOS $26.97
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $31.46
BCBS MyBlueHealth $31.46
Aetna NewBusiness $31.51
Superior ValueHMO $32.18
BCBS BlueEssentials $32.72
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $32.72
Aetna Meritain $33.56
Aetna COMM $33.56
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $34.16
BCBS EPOSOA $34.34
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $35.60
BCBS PPO $35.96
Aetna OON $39.49
Superior HMO $40.28
Superior EPO $40.28
Oscar HIX $46.75
Molina Healthcare HIX $47.11
Cigna LocalPlus $71.14
Cigna NewBusiness $71.21
Cigna HMO $79.50
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $79.50
Cigna NetworkBenefit $79.50
Cigna AllOther $100.55
Humana COMM $199.67
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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