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.

$7.95 with WellMed vs $88.72 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 $7.95
United AllPayerAppendix $7.99
Devoted Health HMO $7.99
Devoted Health POS $7.99
Devoted Health MCR $7.99
Devoted Health MME $7.99
Triwest Veterans FED $7.99
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $7.99
Devoted Health PPO $7.99
Humana MGMCR $7.99
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7.99
Devoted Health SNP $7.99
BCBS MGMCRHMO $7.99
United SmallGroup $7.99
BCBS MCRPPO $7.99
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $7.99
Amerigroup DualEligible $7.99
United MGMCR $8.03
Aetna MCR $8.06
Care N Care MGMCR $8.07
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $8.15
Integranet MGMCR $8.23
WellCare MGMCR $8.23
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $8.39
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $8.39
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $8.39
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $8.39
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $8.39
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $8.39
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $8.39
ProCare Advantge MCR $8.39
Humana Tricare $8.39
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $8.47
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $8.47
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.65
Molina MCR $8.71
Molina MME $8.71
Molina MMP $8.71
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $8.79
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $9.59
Aetna QHPHIX $10.15
BCBS BluePremier $10.23
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $10.39
Bravo Health MCRPPO $11.98
Bravo Health MCRSNP $11.98
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $11.98
Bravo Health MCRHMO $11.98
Bravo Health MCRPOS $11.98
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $13.98
BCBS MyBlueHealth $13.98
Aetna NewBusiness $13.99
Superior ValueHMO $14.30
BCBS BlueEssentials $14.54
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $14.54
Aetna Meritain $14.90
Aetna COMM $14.90
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $15.18
BCBS EPOSOA $15.26
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $15.82
BCBS PPO $15.98
Aetna OON $17.53
Superior HMO $17.90
Superior EPO $17.90
Oscar HIX $20.77
Molina Healthcare HIX $20.93
Cigna LocalPlus $32.23
Cigna NewBusiness $32.27
Cigna HMO $36.02
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $36.02
Cigna NetworkBenefit $36.02
Cigna AllOther $45.56
Humana COMM $88.72
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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