Test for porphobilinogen at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL

5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 2026

$369.05

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.

$369.05

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.

$4.89 with Amerigroup vs $369.05 with Independent Medical Systems — 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
Amerigroup CHIP $4.89 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $4.89 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $4.89 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $4.89 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $4.89 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.89 ↓ -99%
United STAR $4.89 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $5.13 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $5.28 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $5.28 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $5.38 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $5.38 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $5.38 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $5.38 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $5.38 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $5.79 ↓ -98%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $5.82 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $5.82 ↓ -98%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $5.82 ↓ -98%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $5.82 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCR $5.82 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health HMO $5.82 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.82 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.82 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health POS $5.82 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MCR $5.82 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MME $5.82 ↓ -98%
Triwest Veterans FED $5.82 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health SNP $5.82 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health PPO $5.82 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.82 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $5.82 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $5.87 ↓ -98%
Care N Care MGMCR $5.88 ↓ -98%
United MGMCR $5.94 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $5.94 ↓ -98%
WellCare MGMCR $5.99 ↓ -98%
Integranet MGMCR $5.99 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $6.11 ↓ -98%
Humana Tricare $6.11 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $6.11 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $6.11 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $6.11 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $6.11 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $6.11 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $6.11 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $6.11 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantge MCR $6.11 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $6.17 ↓ -98%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $6.17 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $6.30 ↓ -98%
Molina MCR $6.34 ↓ -98%
Molina MME $6.34 ↓ -98%
Molina MMP $6.34 ↓ -98%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $6.40 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $6.56 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $6.98 ↓ -98%
Aetna Meritain $7.01 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $7.01 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $7.57 ↓ -98%
Aetna OON $8.31 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $8.73 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $8.73 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $8.73 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $8.73 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $8.73 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10.19 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $10.19 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $10.42 ↓ -97%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $11.06 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $11.52 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $11.64 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueEssentials $11.64 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $12.22 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $12.80 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $13.04 ↓ -96%
Superior HMO $13.04 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $15.13 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $15.25 ↓ -96%
Cigna LocalPlus $22.81 ↓ -94%
Cigna NewBusiness $22.83 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $25.49 ↓ -93%
Cigna HMO $25.49 ↓ -93%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $25.49 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $25.83 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $25.83 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $25.83 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $25.83 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $25.83 ↓ -93%
Cigna AllOther $32.24 ↓ -91%
Cigna IFP $49.82 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $51.67 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $62.37 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $90.42 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $95.21 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $110.72 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $110.72 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $124.74 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $147.62 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $152.79 ↓ -59%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $166.07 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $166.07 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $166.07 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $184.53 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $186.37 ↓ -50%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $202.98 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $202.98 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $202.98 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $202.98 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $214.05 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $217.00 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $217.00 ↓ -41%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $239.88 ↓ -35%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $258.33 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $258.33 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $276.79 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $276.79 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $276.79 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $295.24 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $295.24 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $313.69 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $369.05 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $369.05 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $369.05 ↑ +0%

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Test for porphobilinogen at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $4.89 – $8.41
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $239.89 $4.79 – $23.69
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $48.20 $4.65 – $103.28
Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Ascension Seton) Luling $63.45 $4.86 – $79.31
Ascension Seton Highland Lakes (Ascension Seton) Burnet $63.45 $4.86 – $79.31
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) Austin $49.50 $4.86 – $61.88
Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) Austin $49.50 $4.86 – $61.88
Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) Smithville $68.31 $4.86 – $44.77

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