St evaluation swallow function 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.

$23.21 with Superior Health Plan vs $397.18 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $23.21
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $23.21
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $23.21
Superior Health Plan STARKids $23.21
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $23.21
Cigna IFP $44.77
Cigna QHP $46.42
Aetna QHPHIX $54.05
United OptionsPPO $57.70
Oscar HIX $68.97
Humana Tricare $78.73
Aetna NewBusiness $78.92
BCBS MCRPPO $81.16
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $81.16
BCBS MGMCRHMO $81.16
WellMed MGMCR $82.30
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $82.71
Triwest Veterans FED $82.71
Devoted Health PPO $82.71
Devoted Health SNP $82.71
Humana MGMCR $82.71
Amerigroup DualEligible $82.71
Devoted Health MCR $82.71
Devoted Health HMO $82.71
Devoted Health MME $82.71
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $82.71
Devoted Health POS $82.71
United MGMCR $83.12
Aetna MCR $83.41
Care N Care MGMCR $83.54
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $84.36
Aetna COMM $84.89
Aetna Meritain $84.89
Integranet MGMCR $85.19
WellCare MGMCR $85.19
ProCare Advantge MCR $86.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $86.85
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $86.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $86.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $86.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $86.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $86.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $86.85
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $87.67
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $87.67
Humana COMM $89.35
Molina MCR $90.15
Molina MMP $90.15
Molina MME $90.15
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $90.98
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $99.25
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $99.48
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $99.48
Aetna OON $99.48
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $107.52
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $112.08
Bravo Health MCRHMO $124.06
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $124.06
Bravo Health MCRSNP $124.06
Bravo Health MCRPPO $124.06
Bravo Health MCRPOS $124.06
Prominence Health Plan HIX $132.64
BCBS Traditional $147.23
Superior ValueHMO $148.05
City of McKinney COMM $149.22
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $149.22
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $157.15
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $163.77
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $165.80
Aetna ASA $174.75
BCBS BluePremier $175.21
Aetna WCOMP $182.38
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $182.38
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $182.38
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $182.38
Superior EPO $185.27
Superior HMO $185.27
Averde Health, Inc PPO $192.33
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $200.62
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $200.62
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $204.16
BCBS MyBlueHealth $204.16
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $215.54
Molina Healthcare HIX $216.70
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $232.12
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $232.12
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $232.12
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $248.70
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $248.70
USC Health Services COMM $265.28
USA Managed Care COMM $265.28
Galaxy Health Network PPO $281.86
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $331.60
Unicare MCD $331.60
Independent Medical Systems COMM $331.60
BCBS BlueEssentials $361.55
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $361.55
BCBS EPOSOA $379.37
BCBS PPO $397.18

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