Alprostadil for injection 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

$860.25

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.

$860.25

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.

$0.63 with BCBS vs $860.25 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
BCBS BluePremier $0.63 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.66 ↓ -100%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.66 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.79 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $0.79 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.79 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.96 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.96 ↓ -100%
BCBS EPOSOA $1.01 ↓ -100%
BCBS PPO $1.05 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $60.22 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $60.22 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $60.22 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $60.22 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $60.22 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $60.31 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $63.41 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $63.48 ↓ -93%
Cigna HMO $70.84 ↓ -92%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $70.84 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $70.84 ↓ -92%
Cigna AllOther $89.62 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $92.79 ↓ -89%
Cigna QHP $96.22 ↓ -89%
Aetna QHPHIX $112.03 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $119.59 ↓ -86%
Aetna NewBusiness $163.58 ↓ -81%
Aetna COMM $175.95 ↓ -80%
Aetna Meritain $175.95 ↓ -80%
Aetna OON $206.19 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $232.31 ↓ -73%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $258.07 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $258.07 ↓ -70%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $274.92 ↓ -68%
Aetna ASA $362.21 ↓ -58%
BCBS Traditional $381.95 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $387.11 ↓ -55%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $415.82 ↓ -52%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $415.82 ↓ -52%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $430.13 ↓ -50%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $473.14 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $473.14 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $473.14 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $473.14 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $498.94 ↓ -42%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $559.16 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $602.17 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $602.17 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $645.19 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $645.19 ↓ -25%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $687.31 ↓ -20%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $687.31 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $688.20 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $688.20 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $731.21 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $860.25 ↑ +0%

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