Test urine for porphyrins 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

$388.08

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.

$388.08

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.

$11.22 with Amerigroup vs $388.08 with Unicare — 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 $11.22 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.22 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $11.22 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $11.22 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $11.22 ↓ -97%
United STAR $11.22 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $11.22 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $11.78 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $12.12 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $12.12 ↓ -97%
Molina STARKIDS $12.34 ↓ -97%
Molina MCDSTAR $12.34 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $12.34 ↓ -97%
Molina CHIP $12.34 ↓ -97%
Molina STAR+PLUS $12.34 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $13.29 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $13.36 ↓ -97%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $13.36 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCR $13.36 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health POS $13.36 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.36 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health PPO $13.36 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health SNP $13.36 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.36 ↓ -97%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $13.36 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health HMO $13.36 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $13.36 ↓ -97%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $13.36 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.36 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MCR $13.36 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MME $13.36 ↓ -97%
Triwest Veterans FED $13.36 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $13.43 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $13.47 ↓ -97%
Care N Care MGMCR $13.49 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $13.63 ↓ -96%
Integranet MGMCR $13.76 ↓ -96%
WellCare MGMCR $13.76 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $14.03 ↓ -96%
Humana Tricare $14.03 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCD $14.03 ↓ -96%
ProCare Advantge MCR $14.03 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $14.03 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $14.03 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $14.03 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $14.03 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $14.03 ↓ -96%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $14.03 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $14.16 ↓ -96%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $14.16 ↓ -96%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $14.46 ↓ -96%
Molina MMP $14.56 ↓ -96%
Molina MCR $14.56 ↓ -96%
Molina MME $14.56 ↓ -96%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $14.70 ↓ -96%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $16.03 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPHIX $17.00 ↓ -96%
BCBS BluePremier $17.10 ↓ -96%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $17.37 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $20.04 ↓ -95%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $20.04 ↓ -95%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $20.04 ↓ -95%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $20.04 ↓ -95%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $20.04 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $23.38 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $23.38 ↓ -94%
Aetna NewBusiness $23.42 ↓ -94%
Superior ValueHMO $23.91 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $24.32 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentials $24.32 ↓ -94%
Aetna Meritain $24.94 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMM $24.94 ↓ -94%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $25.38 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $25.52 ↓ -93%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $26.45 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $26.72 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $27.17 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $27.17 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $27.17 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $27.17 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $27.17 ↓ -93%
Aetna OON $29.35 ↓ -92%
Superior EPO $29.93 ↓ -92%
Superior HMO $29.93 ↓ -92%
Oscar HIX $34.74 ↓ -91%
Molina Healthcare HIX $35.00 ↓ -91%
Cigna LocalPlus $52.38 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $52.39 ↓ -87%
Cigna NewBusiness $52.43 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $54.33 ↓ -86%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $58.53 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $58.53 ↓ -85%
Cigna HMO $58.53 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $67.53 ↓ -83%
Cigna AllOther $74.03 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $95.08 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $100.12 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $116.42 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $116.42 ↓ -70%
Humana COMM $120.22 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $131.17 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $155.23 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $172.31 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $174.64 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $174.64 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $194.04 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $204.52 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $213.44 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $213.44 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $213.44 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $213.44 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $225.09 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $234.79 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $234.79 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $252.25 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $271.66 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $271.66 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $271.66 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $291.06 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $291.06 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $310.46 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $310.46 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $329.87 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $388.08 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $388.08 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $388.08 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $11.22 – $16.90
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $345.52 $11.22 – $54.38
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $378.34 $11.00 – $54.38
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $252.30 $11.22 – $54.38
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HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $596.00 $11.00 – $54.38
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