Wet mounts/ w preparations 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.

$15.15 with United vs $104.80 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 NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $15.15
United AllPayerAppendix $15.15
United SmallGroup $15.15
BCBS MCRPPO $18.19
BCBS MGMCRHMO $18.19
WellMed MGMCR $18.45
Triwest Veterans FED $18.54
Devoted Health SNP $18.54
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $18.54
Humana MGMCR $18.54
Devoted Health PPO $18.54
Devoted Health HMO $18.54
Devoted Health POS $18.54
Devoted Health MCR $18.54
Devoted Health MME $18.54
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $18.54
Amerigroup DualEligible $18.54
United MGMCR $18.63
Aetna MCR $18.70
Care N Care MGMCR $18.73
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $18.91
Integranet MGMCR $19.10
Humana Tricare $19.10
WellCare MGMCR $19.10
BCBS BluePremier $19.35
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $19.47
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $19.47
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $19.47
ProCare Advantge MCR $19.47
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $19.47
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $19.47
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $19.47
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $19.47
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $19.65
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $19.65
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $19.69
Molina MCR $20.21
Molina MMP $20.21
Molina MME $20.21
Aetna QHPHIX $20.25
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $20.39
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $22.25
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $24.10
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $26.46
BCBS MyBlueHealth $26.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $27.52
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $27.52
Bravo Health MCRSNP $27.81
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $27.81
Bravo Health MCRPPO $27.81
Bravo Health MCRHMO $27.81
Bravo Health MCRPOS $27.81
Aetna NewBusiness $27.89
BCBS EPOSOA $28.88
Aetna Meritain $29.70
Aetna COMM $29.70
BCBS PPO $30.24
Superior ValueHMO $33.19
Aetna OON $34.95
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $35.23
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $36.71
Superior EPO $41.53
Superior HMO $41.53
Oscar HIX $48.20
Molina Healthcare HIX $48.57
Cigna LocalPlus $68.47
Cigna NewBusiness $68.54
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $76.52
Cigna NetworkBenefit $76.52
Cigna HMO $76.52
Cigna AllOther $96.78
Humana COMM $104.80

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Wet mounts/ w preparations at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $8.37 – $8.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $57.00 $11.73 – $85.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $54.13 $10.83 – $67.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $57.00 $12.00 – $85.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $57.00 $8.00 – $85.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $54.13 $12.00 – $81.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $57.00 $11.40 – $71.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $57.00 $12.00 – $85.50

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