Str markers specimen anal 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.

$195.78 with United vs $2,388.96 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 $195.78
Amerigroup MGMCD $195.78
United STARKids $195.78
Amerigroup CHIP $195.78
United STARPerinate $195.78
United STARPLUS $195.78
United STAR $195.78
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $205.57
Aetna Better Health CHIP $211.44
Aetna Better Health MCD $211.44
Molina CHIP $215.36
Molina MCDSTAR $215.36
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $215.36
Molina STARKIDS $215.36
Molina STAR+PLUS $215.36
WellMed MGMCR $231.90
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $233.07
Devoted Health HMO $233.07
Devoted Health POS $233.07
Devoted Health MCR $233.07
Devoted Health MME $233.07
Triwest Veterans FED $233.07
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $233.07
Humana MGMCR $233.07
Devoted Health PPO $233.07
Devoted Health SNP $233.07
BCBS MGMCRHMO $233.07
BCBS MCRPPO $233.07
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $233.07
Amerigroup DualEligible $233.07
United SmallGroup $233.07
United AllPayerAppendix $233.07
United MGMCR $234.24
Aetna MCR $235.05
Care N Care MGMCR $235.40
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $237.73
Integranet MGMCR $240.06
WellCare MGMCR $240.06
ProCare Advantge MCR $244.72
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $244.72
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $244.72
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $244.72
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $244.72
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $244.72
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $244.72
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $244.72
Humana MGMCD $244.72
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $247.05
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $247.05
Molina MME $254.05
Molina MMP $254.05
Molina MCR $254.05
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $256.38
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $279.68
Aetna QHPHIX $296.46
BCBS BluePremier $298.33
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $302.99
Bravo Health MCRHMO $349.61
Bravo Health MCRPOS $349.61
Bravo Health MCRPPO $349.61
Bravo Health MCRSNP $349.61
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $349.61
BCBS MyBlueHealth $407.87
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $407.87
Aetna NewBusiness $408.33
Superior ValueHMO $417.20
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $424.19
BCBS BlueEssentials $424.19
Aetna Meritain $434.90
Aetna COMM $434.90
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $442.83
BCBS EPOSOA $445.16
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $461.48
BCBS PPO $466.14
Aetna OON $511.81
Superior EPO $522.08
Superior HMO $522.08
Oscar HIX $605.98
Molina Healthcare HIX $610.64
Cigna LocalPlus $923.61
Cigna NewBusiness $924.50
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,032.14
Cigna HMO $1,032.14
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,032.14
Cigna AllOther $1,305.46
Humana COMM $2,388.96
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