Virus isolation addl studies ea 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

$87.26

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.

$87.26

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.

$6.11 with Superior Health Plan vs $224.42 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $6.11 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $6.11 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $6.11 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $6.11 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $6.11 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $11.78 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $12.22 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $15.18 ↓ -83%
United STAR $16.97 ↓ -81%
United CHIP $16.97 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup MGMCD $16.97 ↓ -81%
United STARPerinate $16.97 ↓ -81%
United STARPLUS $16.97 ↓ -81%
United STARKids $16.97 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup CHIP $16.97 ↓ -81%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $17.82 ↓ -80%
Aetna Better Health MCD $18.33 ↓ -79%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $18.33 ↓ -79%
Molina STAR+PLUS $18.67 ↓ -79%
Molina CHIP $18.67 ↓ -79%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $18.67 ↓ -79%
Molina MCDSTAR $18.67 ↓ -79%
Molina STARKIDS $18.67 ↓ -79%
WellMed MGMCR $20.10 ↓ -77%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $20.20 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health SNP $20.20 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health HMO $20.20 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health POS $20.20 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health MCR $20.20 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health MME $20.20 ↓ -77%
Humana MGMCR $20.20 ↓ -77%
Triwest Veterans FED $20.20 ↓ -77%
United AllPayerAppendix $20.20 ↓ -77%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $20.20 ↓ -77%
United SmallGroup $20.20 ↓ -77%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $20.20 ↓ -77%
Amerigroup DualEligible $20.20 ↓ -77%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $20.20 ↓ -77%
BCBS MCRPPO $20.20 ↓ -77%
Devoted Health PPO $20.20 ↓ -77%
United MGMCR $20.30 ↓ -77%
Aetna MCR $20.37 ↓ -77%
Care N Care MGMCR $20.40 ↓ -77%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $20.60 ↓ -76%
Integranet MGMCR $20.81 ↓ -76%
WellCare MGMCR $20.81 ↓ -76%
Humana Tricare $21.20 ↓ -76%
ProCare Advantge MCR $21.21 ↓ -76%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $21.21 ↓ -76%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $21.21 ↓ -76%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $21.21 ↓ -76%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $21.21 ↓ -76%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $21.21 ↓ -76%
Humana MGMCD $21.21 ↓ -76%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $21.21 ↓ -76%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $21.21 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $21.38 ↓ -75%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $21.41 ↓ -75%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $21.41 ↓ -75%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $21.86 ↓ -75%
Molina MME $22.02 ↓ -75%
Molina MCR $22.02 ↓ -75%
Molina MMP $22.02 ↓ -75%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $22.22 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $22.51 ↓ -74%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $24.24 ↓ -72%
Aetna QHPHIX $25.69 ↓ -71%
BCBS BluePremier $25.86 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $26.18 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $26.18 ↓ -70%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $26.26 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $29.49 ↓ -66%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $30.30 ↓ -65%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $30.30 ↓ -65%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $30.30 ↓ -65%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $30.30 ↓ -65%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $30.30 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $34.90 ↓ -60%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $35.35 ↓ -59%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $35.35 ↓ -59%
Aetna NewBusiness $35.39 ↓ -59%
Superior ValueHMO $36.16 ↓ -59%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $36.76 ↓ -58%
BCBS BlueEssentials $36.76 ↓ -58%
Aetna Meritain $37.69 ↓ -57%
Aetna COMM $37.69 ↓ -57%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $38.38 ↓ -56%
BCBS EPOSOA $38.58 ↓ -56%
BCBS Traditional $38.74 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $39.27 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $39.27 ↓ -55%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $40.00 ↓ -54%
BCBS PPO $40.40 ↓ -54%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $43.63 ↓ -50%
Aetna OON $44.36 ↓ -49%
Superior HMO $45.25 ↓ -48%
Superior EPO $45.25 ↓ -48%
Aetna ASA $45.99 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $47.99 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $47.99 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $47.99 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $47.99 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $50.61 ↓ -42%
Oscar HIX $52.52 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $52.79 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $52.79 ↓ -40%
Molina Healthcare HIX $52.92 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $56.72 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $61.08 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $61.08 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $61.08 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $65.44 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $65.44 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $69.81 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $69.81 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $74.17 ↓ -15%
Cigna LocalPlus $80.56 ↓ -8%
Cigna NewBusiness $80.64 ↓ -8%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $87.26 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $87.26 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $87.26 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO $90.03 ↑ +3%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $90.03 ↑ +3%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $90.03 ↑ +3%
Cigna AllOther $113.87 ↑ +30%
Humana COMM $224.42 ↑ +157%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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