Acetylcysteine non-comp unit at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$218.75
Cash price 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.
$218.75
Gross charge 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.
$3.01 with Superior Health Plan vs $76.03 with Cigna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $3.01 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $3.01 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $3.01 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $3.01 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $3.01 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | IFP | $3.94 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | QHP | $4.08 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $4.75 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $5.06 | ↓ -98% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $5.07 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $5.28 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $5.28 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $6.94 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | COMM | $7.46 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $7.46 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $7.73 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $7.73 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $8.11 | ↓ -96% |
| Humana | Tricare | $8.19 | ↓ -96% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $8.44 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | PPO | $8.49 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | OON | $8.75 | ↓ -96% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $9.86 | ↓ -95% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $11.66 | ↓ -95% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $12.88 | ↓ -94% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $12.88 | ↓ -94% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $13.96 | ↓ -94% |
| United | SmallGroup | $13.96 | ↓ -94% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $13.96 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | ASA | $15.37 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $17.64 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $17.64 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $19.07 | ↓ -91% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $19.32 | ↓ -91% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $21.47 | ↓ -90% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $23.62 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $23.62 | ↓ -89% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $23.62 | ↓ -89% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $23.62 | ↓ -89% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $24.91 | ↓ -89% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $27.91 | ↓ -87% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $29.16 | ↓ -87% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $29.16 | ↓ -87% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $30.06 | ↓ -86% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $30.06 | ↓ -86% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $32.20 | ↓ -85% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $32.20 | ↓ -85% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $34.35 | ↓ -84% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $34.35 | ↓ -84% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $36.50 | ↓ -83% |
| Unicare | MCD | $42.94 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | COMM | $48.14 | ↓ -78% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $53.79 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $53.85 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | HMO | $60.10 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $60.10 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $60.10 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $76.03 | ↓ -65% |
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|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $31.21 | $4.42 – $23.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $31.21 | $7.74 – $23.49 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $31.21 | $4.70 – $23.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $31.21 | $3.41 – $24.88 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $31.21 | $3.32 – $20.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $31.21 | $5.32 – $24.88 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $31.21 | $8.57 – $24.88 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $31.21 | $5.53 – $24.88 |