Truss double with standard pad at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL

5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 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.

$158.16 with Humana vs $427.19 with Molina Healthcare — 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 $158.16
WellMed MGMCR $162.23
Devoted Health HMO $163.05
Devoted Health POS $163.05
Devoted Health MCR $163.05
Devoted Health MME $163.05
Humana MGMCR $163.05
Triwest Veterans FED $163.05
Devoted Health SNP $163.05
Amerigroup DualEligible $163.05
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $163.05
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $163.05
BCBS MCRPPO $163.05
BCBS MGMCRHMO $163.05
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $163.05
Devoted Health PPO $163.05
Aetna MCR $164.44
Care N Care MGMCR $164.68
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $166.31
United MGMCR $166.31
WellCare MGMCR $167.94
Integranet MGMCR $167.94
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $171.20
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $171.20
ProCare Advantge MCR $171.20
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $171.20
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $171.20
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $171.20
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $171.20
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $171.20
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $172.83
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $172.83
Molina MME $177.72
Molina MCR $177.72
Molina MMP $177.72
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $179.36
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $195.66
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $211.97
Bravo Health MCRPPO $244.58
Bravo Health MCRSNP $244.58
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $244.58
Bravo Health MCRHMO $244.58
Bravo Health MCRPOS $244.58
Superior ValueHMO $291.86
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $309.80
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $322.84
Superior EPO $365.23
Superior HMO $365.23
Molina Healthcare HIX $427.19

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Truss double with standard pad at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $159.79 – $350.56
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $159.79 – $350.56
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $159.79 – $350.56
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $159.79 – $350.56
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $159.79 – $350.56
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $159.79 – $350.56
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $159.79 – $350.56
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $159.79 – $350.56

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