Sulfonylurea screen qn-sendout 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

$353.29

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.

$353.29

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.

$0.02 with Aetna vs $353.29 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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
Aetna QHPHIX $0.02 ↓ -100%
Aetna COMM $0.03 ↓ -100%
Aetna NewBusiness $0.03 ↓ -100%
Aetna Meritain $0.03 ↓ -100%
Aetna OON $0.04 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.53 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $6.53 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $6.53 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $6.53 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $6.53 ↓ -98%
United STAR $6.53 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $6.53 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $6.86 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $7.05 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $7.05 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $7.18 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $7.18 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $7.18 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $7.18 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $7.18 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $8.16 ↓ -98%
Cigna IFP $47.69 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $49.46 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $61.47 ↓ -83%
Humana COMM $66.86 ↓ -81%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $67.13 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $73.48 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $86.56 ↓ -75%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $87.26 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $87.26 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $91.15 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $95.33 ↓ -73%
Cigna NewBusiness $95.42 ↓ -73%
BCBS BluePremier $103.16 ↓ -71%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $106.53 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $106.53 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $106.53 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueEssentials $112.70 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $112.70 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $118.35 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $119.41 ↓ -66%
BCBS PPO $123.65 ↓ -65%
Cigna AllOther $134.74 ↓ -62%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $141.32 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASA $186.18 ↓ -47%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $213.74 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $213.74 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $247.30 ↓ -30%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $353.29 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $353.29 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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