Analgesics non-opioid definitive assay 1 or 2 acetaminophen 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

$1,164.20

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.

$1,164.20

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.

$0.02 with Aetna vs $1,164.20 with Independent Medical Systems — 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
Aetna QHPHIX $0.02 ↓ -100%
Aetna NewBusiness $0.03 ↓ -100%
Aetna Meritain $0.03 ↓ -100%
Aetna COMM $0.03 ↓ -100%
Aetna OON $0.04 ↓ -100%
United STARKids $9.63 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $9.63 ↓ -99%
United STAR $9.63 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $9.63 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.63 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $9.63 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $9.63 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $10.11 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $10.40 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $10.40 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $10.59 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $10.59 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $10.59 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $10.59 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $10.59 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $12.04 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $81.49 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $81.49 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $81.49 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $81.49 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $81.49 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $95.33 ↓ -92%
Cigna NewBusiness $95.42 ↓ -92%
Humana COMM $97.27 ↓ -92%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $106.53 ↓ -91%
Cigna HMO $106.53 ↓ -91%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $106.53 ↓ -91%
Cigna AllOther $134.74 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $157.17 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $162.99 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $202.57 ↓ -83%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $221.20 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $242.15 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $285.23 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $287.56 ↓ -75%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $287.56 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $300.36 ↓ -74%
BCBS BluePremier $339.95 ↓ -71%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $349.26 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $349.26 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueEssentials $371.38 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $371.38 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $390.01 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $393.50 ↓ -66%
BCBS PPO $407.47 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $465.68 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $516.90 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $523.89 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $523.89 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $582.10 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $613.53 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $640.31 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $640.31 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $640.31 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $640.31 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $675.24 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $704.34 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $704.34 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $756.73 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $814.94 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $814.94 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $814.94 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $873.15 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $873.15 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $931.36 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $931.36 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $989.57 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $1,164.20 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,164.20 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,164.20 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $117.01 $9.63 – $165.77
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