Sickling rbc 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

$258.17

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.

$258.17

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.

$4.63 with Amerigroup vs $258.17 with Unicare — 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
Amerigroup CHIP $4.63 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $4.63 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $4.63 ↓ -98%
United STAR $4.63 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $4.63 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.63 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $4.63 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $4.86 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $5.00 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $5.09 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $5.09 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $5.09 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $5.09 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $5.09 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $5.48 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.51 ↓ -98%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $5.51 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health SNP $5.51 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health HMO $5.51 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.51 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCR $5.51 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MME $5.51 ↓ -98%
Triwest Veterans FED $5.51 ↓ -98%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $5.51 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $5.51 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $5.51 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health PPO $5.51 ↓ -98%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $5.51 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.51 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health POS $5.51 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCR $5.51 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $5.54 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $5.56 ↓ -98%
Care N Care MGMCR $5.57 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $5.62 ↓ -98%
WellCare MGMCR $5.68 ↓ -98%
Integranet MGMCR $5.68 ↓ -98%
Humana Tricare $5.78 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $5.79 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $5.79 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantge MCR $5.79 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $5.79 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $5.79 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $5.79 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $5.79 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $5.79 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $5.79 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $5.84 ↓ -98%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $5.84 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.96 ↓ -98%
Molina MMP $6.01 ↓ -98%
Molina MCR $6.01 ↓ -98%
Molina MME $6.01 ↓ -98%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $6.06 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $6.61 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPHIX $7.02 ↓ -97%
BCBS BluePremier $7.05 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $7.16 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $8.27 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $8.27 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $8.27 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $8.27 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $8.27 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9.64 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $9.64 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $9.67 ↓ -96%
Superior ValueHMO $9.86 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $10.03 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentials $10.03 ↓ -96%
Aetna Meritain $10.29 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $10.29 ↓ -96%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $10.47 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $10.52 ↓ -96%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $10.91 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $11.02 ↓ -96%
Aetna OON $12.11 ↓ -95%
Superior HMO $12.34 ↓ -95%
Superior EPO $12.34 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $14.33 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare HIX $14.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $18.07 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $18.07 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $18.07 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $18.07 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $18.07 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $21.48 ↓ -92%
Cigna NewBusiness $21.50 ↓ -92%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $24.00 ↓ -91%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $24.00 ↓ -91%
Cigna HMO $24.00 ↓ -91%
Cigna AllOther $30.35 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $34.85 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $36.14 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $44.92 ↓ -83%
Humana COMM $61.19 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $63.25 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $66.61 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $77.45 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $77.45 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $87.26 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $103.27 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $114.63 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $116.18 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $116.18 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $129.09 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $136.06 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $141.99 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $141.99 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $141.99 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $141.99 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $149.74 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $156.19 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $156.19 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $167.81 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $180.72 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $180.72 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $180.72 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $193.63 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $193.63 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $206.54 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $206.54 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $219.44 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $258.17 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $258.17 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $258.17 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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