Truss single 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.

$100.18 with Humana vs $270.59 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 $100.18
WellMed MGMCR $102.76
Devoted Health HMO $103.28
Devoted Health POS $103.28
Devoted Health MCR $103.28
Devoted Health MME $103.28
Humana MGMCR $103.28
Triwest Veterans FED $103.28
Devoted Health SNP $103.28
Amerigroup DualEligible $103.28
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $103.28
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $103.28
BCBS MCRPPO $103.28
BCBS MGMCRHMO $103.28
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $103.28
Devoted Health PPO $103.28
Aetna MCR $104.16
Care N Care MGMCR $104.31
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $105.35
United MGMCR $105.35
WellCare MGMCR $106.38
Integranet MGMCR $106.38
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $108.44
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $108.44
ProCare Advantge MCR $108.44
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $108.44
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $108.44
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $108.44
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $108.44
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $108.44
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $109.48
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $109.48
Molina MME $112.58
Molina MCR $112.58
Molina MMP $112.58
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $113.61
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $123.94
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $134.26
Bravo Health MCRPPO $154.92
Bravo Health MCRSNP $154.92
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $154.92
Bravo Health MCRHMO $154.92
Bravo Health MCRPOS $154.92
Superior ValueHMO $184.87
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $196.23
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $204.49
Superior EPO $231.35
Superior HMO $231.35
Molina Healthcare HIX $270.59

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Truss single with standard pad at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $101.21 – $222.05
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $101.21 – $222.05
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $101.21 – $222.05
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $101.21 – $222.05
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $101.21 – $222.05
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $101.21 – $222.05
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $101.21 – $222.05
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $101.21 – $222.05

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