Tissue culture tumor 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.

$123.92 with United vs $1,638.77 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 STAR $123.92
United STARPLUS $123.92
Amerigroup CHIP $123.92
United CHIP $123.92
United STARPerinate $123.92
Amerigroup MGMCD $123.92
United STARKids $123.92
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $130.12
Aetna Better Health MCD $133.83
Aetna Better Health CHIP $133.83
Molina STAR+PLUS $136.31
Molina CHIP $136.31
Molina STARKIDS $136.31
Molina MCDSTAR $136.31
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $136.31
WellMed MGMCR $146.78
Devoted Health HMO $147.52
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $147.52
United AllPayerAppendix $147.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $147.52
United SmallGroup $147.52
Triwest Veterans FED $147.52
Amerigroup DualEligible $147.52
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $147.52
Devoted Health PPO $147.52
Devoted Health SNP $147.52
BCBS MCRPPO $147.52
Devoted Health POS $147.52
Devoted Health MCR $147.52
Devoted Health MME $147.52
Humana MGMCR $147.52
BCBS MGMCRHMO $147.52
United MGMCR $148.26
Aetna MCR $148.77
Care N Care MGMCR $149.00
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $150.47
WellCare MGMCR $151.95
Integranet MGMCR $151.95
Humana Tricare $154.87
Humana MGMCD $154.90
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $154.90
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $154.90
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $154.90
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $154.90
ProCare Advantge MCR $154.90
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $154.90
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $154.90
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $154.90
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $156.37
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $156.37
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $159.66
Molina MCR $160.80
Molina MMP $160.80
Molina MME $160.80
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $162.27
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $177.02
Aetna QHPHIX $187.64
BCBS BluePremier $188.83
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $191.78
Bravo Health MCRPPO $221.28
Bravo Health MCRPOS $221.28
Bravo Health MCRSNP $221.28
Bravo Health MCRHMO $221.28
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $221.28
BCBS MyBlueHealth $258.16
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $258.16
Aetna NewBusiness $258.45
Superior ValueHMO $264.06
BCBS BlueEssentials $268.49
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $268.49
Aetna Meritain $275.27
Aetna COMM $275.27
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $280.29
BCBS EPOSOA $281.76
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $292.09
BCBS PPO $295.04
Aetna OON $323.95
Superior HMO $330.44
Superior EPO $330.44
Oscar HIX $383.55
Molina Healthcare HIX $386.50
Cigna LocalPlus $583.97
Cigna NewBusiness $584.53
Cigna NetworkBenefit $652.59
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $652.59
Cigna HMO $652.59
Cigna AllOther $825.40
Humana COMM $1,638.77
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Tissue culture tumor at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $772.11 $35.00 – $965.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $772.11 $35.00 – $965.14
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $123.92 – $289.52
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $772.11 $35.00 – $965.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $652.70 $36.00 – $979.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $633.69 $36.00 – $792.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $652.70 $36.00 – $979.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $652.70 $26.00 – $979.05

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