Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction 1st hour 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

$892.12

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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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$892.12

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.

$62.45 with Superior Health Plan vs $892.12 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $62.45 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $62.45 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $62.45 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $62.45 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $62.45 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $120.44 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $124.90 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $145.42 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $155.23 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $185.56 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $212.32 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMM $228.38 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $228.38 ↓ -74%
BCBS BluePremier $257.31 ↓ -71%
Aetna OON $267.64 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $267.64 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $267.64 ↓ -70%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $299.83 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $299.83 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $301.54 ↓ -66%
Humana COMM $308.83 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $356.85 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $396.10 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $401.45 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $401.45 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $446.06 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $470.15 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $490.67 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $490.67 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $490.67 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $490.67 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $517.43 ↓ -42%
BCBS BlueEssentials $530.98 ↓ -40%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $530.98 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $539.73 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $539.73 ↓ -40%
BCBS EPOSOA $557.14 ↓ -38%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $579.88 ↓ -35%
BCBS PPO $583.31 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $624.48 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $624.48 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $624.48 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $669.09 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $669.09 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $713.70 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $713.70 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $758.30 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $892.12 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $892.12 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $892.12 ↑ +0%

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