Western blot test 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

$476.76

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.

$476.76

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.

$14.31 with United vs $476.76 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
United STAR $14.31 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $14.31 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $14.31 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $14.31 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $14.31 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $14.31 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $14.31 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $15.03 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $15.45 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $15.45 ↓ -97%
Molina STARKIDS $15.74 ↓ -97%
Molina MCDSTAR $15.74 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $15.74 ↓ -97%
Molina CHIP $15.74 ↓ -97%
Molina STAR+PLUS $15.74 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $16.94 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCR $17.03 ↓ -96%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $17.03 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health HMO $17.03 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health PPO $17.03 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $17.03 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup DualEligible $17.03 ↓ -96%
Triwest Veterans FED $17.03 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health SNP $17.03 ↓ -96%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $17.03 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRPPO $17.03 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $17.03 ↓ -96%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $17.03 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $17.03 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health POS $17.03 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MCR $17.03 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MME $17.03 ↓ -96%
United MGMCR $17.12 ↓ -96%
Aetna MCR $17.17 ↓ -96%
Care N Care MGMCR $17.20 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $17.37 ↓ -96%
Integranet MGMCR $17.54 ↓ -96%
WellCare MGMCR $17.54 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $17.88 ↓ -96%
Humana Tricare $17.88 ↓ -96%
ProCare Advantge MCR $17.88 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $17.88 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $17.88 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $17.88 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $17.88 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $17.88 ↓ -96%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $17.88 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCD $17.89 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $18.05 ↓ -96%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $18.05 ↓ -96%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $18.43 ↓ -96%
Molina MCR $18.56 ↓ -96%
Molina MME $18.56 ↓ -96%
Molina MMP $18.56 ↓ -96%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $18.73 ↓ -96%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $20.44 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPHIX $21.67 ↓ -95%
BCBS BluePremier $21.80 ↓ -95%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $22.14 ↓ -95%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $25.55 ↓ -95%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $25.55 ↓ -95%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $25.55 ↓ -95%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $25.55 ↓ -95%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $25.55 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.80 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $29.80 ↓ -94%
Aetna NewBusiness $29.84 ↓ -94%
Superior ValueHMO $30.48 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $30.99 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueEssentials $30.99 ↓ -93%
Aetna Meritain $31.78 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMM $31.78 ↓ -93%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $32.36 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $32.53 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $33.37 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $33.37 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $33.37 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $33.37 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $33.37 ↓ -93%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $33.72 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $34.06 ↓ -93%
Aetna OON $37.41 ↓ -92%
Superior HMO $38.15 ↓ -92%
Superior EPO $38.15 ↓ -92%
Oscar HIX $44.28 ↓ -91%
Molina Healthcare HIX $44.62 ↓ -91%
Cigna IFP $64.36 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $66.75 ↓ -86%
Cigna LocalPlus $67.14 ↓ -86%
Cigna NewBusiness $67.20 ↓ -86%
Cigna HMO $75.03 ↓ -84%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $75.03 ↓ -84%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $75.03 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $82.96 ↓ -83%
Cigna AllOther $94.89 ↓ -80%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $116.81 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $123.00 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $143.03 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $143.03 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $161.14 ↓ -66%
Humana COMM $189.14 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $190.70 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $211.68 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $214.54 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $214.54 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $238.38 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $251.25 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $262.22 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $262.22 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $262.22 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $262.22 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $276.52 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $288.44 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $288.44 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $309.89 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $333.73 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $333.73 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $333.73 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $357.57 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $357.57 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $381.41 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $381.41 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $405.25 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $476.76 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $476.76 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $476.76 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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