Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction 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.

$31.10 with Superior Health Plan vs $984.19 with BCBS — 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 $31.10
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $31.10
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $31.10
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $31.10
Superior Health Plan STARKids $31.10
Cigna IFP $59.98
Cigna QHP $62.20
Aetna QHPHIX $72.42
United OptionsPPO $77.31
Oscar HIX $92.41
Aetna NewBusiness $105.74
Aetna Meritain $113.74
Aetna COMM $113.74
Humana COMM $127.69
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $133.29
Aetna OON $133.29
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $133.29
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $150.17
Prominence Health Plan HIX $177.72
BCBS Traditional $197.26
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $199.93
City of McKinney COMM $199.93
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $222.15
Aetna ASA $234.14
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $244.36
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $244.36
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $244.36
Aetna WCOMP $244.36
Averde Health, Inc PPO $257.69
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $268.80
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $268.80
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $288.79
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $311.00
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $311.00
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $311.00
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $333.22
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $333.22
USA Managed Care COMM $355.43
USC Health Services COMM $355.43
Galaxy Health Network PPO $377.65
BCBS BluePremier $434.15
Independent Medical Systems COMM $444.29
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $444.29
Unicare MCD $444.29
BCBS MyBlueHealth $505.89
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $505.89
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $895.89
BCBS BlueEssentials $895.89
BCBS EPOSOA $940.04
BCBS PPO $984.19

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Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $203.49 $54.26 – $528.37
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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $957.84 $708.25 – $708.25
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $203.49 $57.66 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $242.77 $49.97 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $325.31 $65.06 – $528.37
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