Warde viscosity 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

$793.55

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.

$793.55

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.

$9.80 with Amerigroup vs $646.24 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
Amerigroup CHIP $9.80 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $9.80 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $9.80 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $9.80 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $9.80 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.80 ↓ -99%
United STAR $9.80 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $10.29 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $10.58 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $10.58 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $10.78 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $10.78 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $10.78 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $10.78 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $10.78 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $11.61 ↓ -99%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $11.67 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $11.67 ↓ -99%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $11.67 ↓ -99%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $11.67 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCR $11.67 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health HMO $11.67 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $11.67 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.67 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health POS $11.67 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MCR $11.67 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MME $11.67 ↓ -99%
Triwest Veterans FED $11.67 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health SNP $11.67 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health PPO $11.67 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.67 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $11.67 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $11.77 ↓ -99%
Care N Care MGMCR $11.79 ↓ -99%
United MGMCR $11.90 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $11.90 ↓ -99%
WellCare MGMCR $12.02 ↓ -98%
Integranet MGMCR $12.02 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $12.25 ↓ -98%
Humana Tricare $12.25 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $12.25 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $12.25 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $12.25 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $12.25 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $12.25 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $12.25 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $12.25 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantge MCR $12.25 ↓ -98%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $12.37 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $12.37 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $12.63 ↓ -98%
Molina MMP $12.72 ↓ -98%
Molina MME $12.72 ↓ -98%
Molina MCR $12.72 ↓ -98%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $12.84 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $13.16 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $14.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $14.07 ↓ -98%
Aetna Meritain $14.07 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $15.17 ↓ -98%
Aetna OON $16.66 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $17.50 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $17.50 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $17.50 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $17.50 ↓ -98%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $17.50 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $20.42 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $20.42 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $20.89 ↓ -97%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $22.17 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $23.11 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $23.34 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueEssentials $23.34 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $24.51 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $25.67 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $26.14 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $26.14 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $30.34 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $30.58 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $45.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $45.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $45.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $45.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $45.24 ↓ -94%
Cigna LocalPlus $45.66 ↓ -94%
Cigna NewBusiness $45.71 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $51.03 ↓ -94%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $51.03 ↓ -94%
Cigna HMO $51.03 ↓ -94%
Cigna AllOther $64.54 ↓ -92%
Cigna IFP $87.24 ↓ -89%
Cigna QHP $90.47 ↓ -89%
United OptionsPPO $109.21 ↓ -86%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $158.33 ↓ -80%
Evry Health COMM $166.73 ↓ -79%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $193.87 ↓ -76%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $193.87 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $218.43 ↓ -72%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $258.50 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $267.54 ↓ -66%
City of McKinney COMM $290.81 ↓ -63%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $290.81 ↓ -63%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $290.81 ↓ -63%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $323.12 ↓ -59%
Aetna ASA $326.35 ↓ -59%
Aetna WCOMP $355.43 ↓ -55%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $355.43 ↓ -55%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $355.43 ↓ -55%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $355.43 ↓ -55%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $374.82 ↓ -53%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $379.99 ↓ -52%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $379.99 ↓ -52%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $420.06 ↓ -47%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $452.37 ↓ -43%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $452.37 ↓ -43%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $484.68 ↓ -39%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $484.68 ↓ -39%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $484.68 ↓ -39%
USC Health Services COMM $516.99 ↓ -35%
USA Managed Care COMM $516.99 ↓ -35%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $549.30 ↓ -31%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $646.24 ↓ -19%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $646.24 ↓ -19%
Unicare MCD $646.24 ↓ -19%

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