Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial 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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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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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.

$48.60 with Superior Health Plan vs $805.17 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.

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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
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $48.60
Superior Health Plan CHIP $48.60
Superior Health Plan STARKids $48.60
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $48.60
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $48.60
Cigna IFP $67.56
Cigna QHP $70.06
Aetna QHPHIX $81.57
United OptionsPPO $87.08
Humana Tricare $88.72
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $91.46
Aetna NewBusiness $119.11
BCBS BluePremier $124.62
Aetna Meritain $128.12
Aetna COMM $128.12
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $129.89
BCBS MyBlueHealth $129.89
Aetna OON $150.13
United SmallGroup $154.82
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.82
United AllPayerAppendix $154.82
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $169.15
BCBS BlueEssentials $190.13
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $190.13
BCBS EPOSOA $199.54
Prominence Health Plan HIX $200.18
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $208.28
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $208.28
BCBS PPO $208.96
Aetna ASA $263.74
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $302.77
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $302.77
BCBS Traditional $308.26
City of McKinney COMM $312.43
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $347.14
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $381.85
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $381.85
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $381.85
Aetna WCOMP $381.85
Averde Health, Inc PPO $402.68
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $451.28
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $486.00
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $486.00
Independent Medical Systems COMM $500.45
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $500.45
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $520.71
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $520.71
USC Health Services COMM $555.42
USA Managed Care COMM $555.42
Cigna LocalPlus $569.70
Cigna NewBusiness $570.27
Galaxy Health Network PPO $590.14
Humana COMM $627.95
Cigna NetworkBenefit $636.45
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $636.45
Cigna HMO $636.45
Unicare MCD $694.28
Cigna AllOther $805.17

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Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $15,857.45 $90.34 – $616.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $15,857.45 $90.34 – $616.15
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $17,424.72 $49.13 – $344.58
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $766.25 $144.95 – $144.95
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $15,857.45 $90.34 – $616.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $15,857.45 $101.46 – $739.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $15,857.45 $90.34 – $616.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $15,857.45 $90.34 – $739.39

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