Torsion straight knee joint 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.

$182.97 with Humana vs $1,065.69 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
Humana Tricare $182.97
BCBS MCRPPO $184.93
BCBS MGMCRHMO $184.93
WellMed MGMCR $187.69
Devoted Health MCR $188.63
Devoted Health MME $188.63
Humana MGMCR $188.63
Triwest Veterans FED $188.63
Devoted Health SNP $188.63
Devoted Health HMO $188.63
Devoted Health POS $188.63
Amerigroup DualEligible $188.63
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $188.63
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $188.63
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $188.63
Devoted Health PPO $188.63
United MGMCR $189.57
Aetna MCR $190.23
Care N Care MGMCR $190.52
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $192.40
WellCare MGMCR $194.29
Integranet MGMCR $194.29
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $198.06
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $198.06
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $198.06
ProCare Advantge MCR $198.06
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $198.06
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $198.06
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $198.06
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $198.06
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $199.95
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $199.95
Molina MME $205.61
Molina MMP $205.61
Molina MCR $205.61
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $207.49
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $226.36
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $245.22
Bravo Health MCRSNP $282.94
Bravo Health MCRPOS $282.94
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $282.94
Bravo Health MCRHMO $282.94
Bravo Health MCRPPO $282.94
Superior ValueHMO $337.65
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $358.40
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $373.49
Superior EPO $422.53
Superior HMO $422.53
Molina Healthcare HIX $494.21
Humana COMM $1,065.69

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Torsion straight knee joint at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $318.65 not published
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen $318.65 not published
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound Flower Mound $318.65 not published
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth $318.65 not published
Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital Arlington $318.65 not published
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton Denton $318.65 not published
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano Plano $318.65 not published
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