Urine screen for bacteria 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.

$25.18 with United vs $269.77 with Humana — 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
United STAR $25.18
Amerigroup MGMCD $25.18
Amerigroup CHIP $25.18
United CHIP $25.18
United STARPerinate $25.18
United STARPLUS $25.18
United STARKids $25.18
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $26.44
Aetna Better Health CHIP $27.19
Aetna Better Health MCD $27.19
Molina STARKIDS $27.70
Molina STAR+PLUS $27.70
Molina CHIP $27.70
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $27.70
Molina MCDSTAR $27.70
WellMed MGMCR $29.83
BCBS MGMCRHMO $29.98
Devoted Health SNP $29.98
Devoted Health HMO $29.98
Humana MGMCR $29.98
Devoted Health PPO $29.98
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $29.98
United AllPayerAppendix $29.98
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $29.98
Triwest Veterans FED $29.98
Devoted Health MME $29.98
United SmallGroup $29.98
Devoted Health MCR $29.98
BCBS MCRPPO $29.98
Devoted Health POS $29.98
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $29.98
Amerigroup DualEligible $29.98
United MGMCR $30.13
Aetna MCR $30.23
Care N Care MGMCR $30.28
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $30.58
Integranet MGMCR $30.88
WellCare MGMCR $30.88
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $31.48
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $31.48
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $31.48
Humana Tricare $31.48
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $31.48
ProCare Advantge MCR $31.48
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $31.48
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $31.48
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $31.48
Humana MGMCD $31.48
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $31.78
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $31.78
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $32.45
Molina MME $32.68
Molina MCR $32.68
Molina MMP $32.68
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $32.98
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $35.98
Aetna QHPHIX $38.14
BCBS BluePremier $38.37
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $38.97
Bravo Health MCRHMO $44.97
Bravo Health MCRPPO $44.97
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $44.97
Bravo Health MCRSNP $44.97
Bravo Health MCRPOS $44.97
BCBS MyBlueHealth $52.47
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $52.47
Aetna NewBusiness $52.53
Superior ValueHMO $53.66
BCBS BlueEssentials $54.56
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $54.56
Aetna COMM $55.95
Aetna Meritain $55.95
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $56.96
BCBS EPOSOA $57.26
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $59.36
BCBS PPO $59.96
Aetna OON $65.84
Superior HMO $67.16
Superior EPO $67.16
Oscar HIX $77.95
Molina Healthcare HIX $78.55
Cigna LocalPlus $118.14
Cigna NewBusiness $118.25
Cigna HMO $132.02
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $132.02
Cigna NetworkBenefit $132.02
Cigna AllOther $166.98
Humana COMM $269.77
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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