Ultrasound joint complete left 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

$1,711.00

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.

$1,711.00

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.

$44.04 with Cigna vs $1,711.00 with Unicare — 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
Cigna LocalPlus $44.04 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $44.08 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPHIX $47.64 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $49.21 ↓ -97%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $49.21 ↓ -97%
Cigna HMO $49.21 ↓ -97%
Cigna AllOther $62.24 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $65.32 ↓ -96%
BCBS BluePremier $69.04 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $69.97 ↓ -96%
Aetna Meritain $69.97 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $76.01 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $76.01 ↓ -96%
Aetna OON $82.07 ↓ -95%
United STAR $96.28 ↓ -94%
United STARKids $96.28 ↓ -94%
United STARPLUS $96.28 ↓ -94%
United STARPerinate $96.28 ↓ -94%
United CHIP $96.28 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $96.28 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup CHIP $96.28 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $101.09 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MCD $103.98 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $103.98 ↓ -94%
Molina STARKIDS $105.91 ↓ -94%
Molina CHIP $105.91 ↓ -94%
Molina STAR+PLUS $105.91 ↓ -94%
Molina MCDSTAR $105.91 ↓ -94%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $105.91 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $119.77 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $119.77 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $119.77 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $119.77 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $119.77 ↓ -93%
Humana MGMCD $120.35 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -91%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $225.70 ↓ -87%
BCBS BlueEssentials $225.70 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $230.99 ↓ -86%
BCBS EPOSOA $236.72 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $239.54 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -86%
BCBS PPO $247.75 ↓ -86%
Humana COMM $283.24 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $297.71 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $419.19 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $441.44 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $513.30 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $513.30 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $578.32 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $684.40 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $684.40 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $759.68 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $769.95 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $769.95 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $855.50 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $901.70 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $941.05 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $941.05 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $941.05 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $941.05 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $992.38 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,035.15 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,035.15 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $1,112.15 ↓ -35%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,197.70 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,197.70 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,197.70 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,283.25 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,283.25 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,368.80 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,368.80 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,454.35 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,711.00 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,711.00 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,711.00 ↑ +0%

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