Str markers spec anal addl 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.

$256.04 with United vs $2,742.77 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
United CHIP $256.04
Amerigroup MGMCD $256.04
United STARKids $256.04
Amerigroup CHIP $256.04
United STARPerinate $256.04
United STARPLUS $256.04
United STAR $256.04
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $268.84
Aetna Better Health CHIP $276.52
Aetna Better Health MCD $276.52
Molina CHIP $281.64
Molina MCDSTAR $281.64
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $281.64
Molina STARKIDS $281.64
Molina STAR+PLUS $281.64
WellMed MGMCR $303.29
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $304.81
Devoted Health HMO $304.81
Devoted Health POS $304.81
Devoted Health MCR $304.81
Devoted Health MME $304.81
Triwest Veterans FED $304.81
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $304.81
Humana MGMCR $304.81
Devoted Health PPO $304.81
Devoted Health SNP $304.81
BCBS MGMCRHMO $304.81
BCBS MCRPPO $304.81
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $304.81
Amerigroup DualEligible $304.81
United SmallGroup $304.81
United AllPayerAppendix $304.81
United MGMCR $306.33
Aetna MCR $307.40
Care N Care MGMCR $307.86
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $310.91
Integranet MGMCR $313.95
WellCare MGMCR $313.95
ProCare Advantge MCR $320.05
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $320.05
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $320.05
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $320.05
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $320.05
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $320.05
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $320.05
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $320.05
Humana MGMCD $320.05
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $323.10
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $323.10
Molina MME $332.24
Molina MMP $332.24
Molina MCR $332.24
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $335.29
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $365.77
Aetna QHPHIX $387.73
BCBS BluePremier $390.16
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $396.25
Bravo Health MCRHMO $457.22
Bravo Health MCRPOS $457.22
Bravo Health MCRPPO $457.22
Bravo Health MCRSNP $457.22
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $457.22
BCBS MyBlueHealth $533.42
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $533.42
Aetna NewBusiness $534.04
Superior ValueHMO $545.61
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $554.75
BCBS BlueEssentials $554.75
Aetna Meritain $568.79
Aetna COMM $568.79
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $579.14
BCBS EPOSOA $582.19
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $603.52
BCBS PPO $609.62
Aetna OON $669.38
Superior EPO $682.77
Superior HMO $682.77
Oscar HIX $792.51
Molina Healthcare HIX $798.60
Cigna LocalPlus $1,206.84
Cigna NewBusiness $1,208.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,348.65
Cigna HMO $1,348.65
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,348.65
Cigna AllOther $1,705.78
Humana COMM $2,742.77
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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