St analysis behavior qualitative voice/resonance 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.

$20.54 with Superior Health Plan vs $622.87 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $20.54
Superior Health Plan CHIP $20.54
Superior Health Plan STARKids $20.54
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $20.54
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $20.54
Cigna IFP $39.61
Cigna QHP $41.08
United OptionsPPO $51.05
Oscar HIX $61.03
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $88.02
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $88.02
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $99.17
Humana Tricare $101.14
BCBS MCRPPO $104.27
BCBS MGMCRHMO $104.27
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $104.27
Aetna QHPHIX $106.00
WellMed MGMCR $106.65
Triwest Veterans FED $107.19
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $107.19
Amerigroup DualEligible $107.19
Devoted Health POS $107.19
Devoted Health MCR $107.19
Devoted Health MME $107.19
Devoted Health PPO $107.19
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $107.19
Humana MGMCR $107.19
Devoted Health SNP $107.19
Devoted Health HMO $107.19
United MGMCR $107.73
Aetna MCR $108.10
Care N Care MGMCR $108.26
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $109.33
Integranet MGMCR $110.41
WellCare MGMCR $110.41
ProCare Advantge MCR $112.55
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $112.55
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $112.55
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $112.55
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $112.55
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $112.55
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $112.55
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $112.55
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $113.62
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $113.62
Molina MMP $116.84
Molina MCR $116.84
Molina MME $116.84
Prominence Health Plan HIX $117.36
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $117.91
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $128.63
BCBS Traditional $130.27
City of McKinney COMM $132.03
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $132.03
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $139.35
Aetna NewBusiness $143.00
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $146.70
Aetna ASA $154.62
Aetna COMM $155.00
Aetna Meritain $155.00
Bravo Health MCRPOS $160.78
Bravo Health MCRHMO $160.78
Bravo Health MCRPPO $160.78
Bravo Health MCRSNP $160.78
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $160.78
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $161.37
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $161.37
Aetna WCOMP $161.37
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $161.37
Averde Health, Inc PPO $170.17
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $177.51
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $177.51
Aetna OON $179.00
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $190.71
Superior ValueHMO $191.87
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $203.66
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $205.38
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $205.38
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $205.38
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $212.24
BCBS BluePremier $213.49
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $220.05
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $220.05
USC Health Services COMM $234.72
USA Managed Care COMM $234.72
Superior HMO $240.11
Superior EPO $240.11
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $248.76
BCBS MyBlueHealth $248.76
Galaxy Health Network PPO $249.39
Molina Healthcare HIX $280.84
Independent Medical Systems COMM $293.40
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $293.40
Unicare MCD $293.40
BCBS BlueEssentials $440.54
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $440.54
BCBS EPOSOA $462.25
BCBS PPO $483.96
Humana COMM $622.87

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