Antibody elution rbc reference 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

$793.55

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.

$793.55

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.

$41.55 with Aetna vs $793.55 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 $41.55 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $55.55 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $55.55 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $55.55 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $55.55 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $55.55 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $57.23 ↓ -93%
Aetna Meritain $60.96 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMM $60.96 ↓ -92%
Aetna OON $71.74 ↓ -91%
Cigna IFP $107.13 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $111.10 ↓ -86%
Cigna LocalPlus $122.18 ↓ -85%
Cigna NewBusiness $122.30 ↓ -85%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $136.54 ↓ -83%
Cigna HMO $136.54 ↓ -83%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $136.54 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $138.08 ↓ -83%
United SmallGroup $149.16 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -81%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $149.16 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $165.06 ↓ -79%
Cigna AllOther $172.69 ↓ -78%
BCBS BluePremier $183.68 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $194.42 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $204.74 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $238.06 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $238.06 ↓ -70%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $251.13 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $251.13 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $261.17 ↓ -67%
BCBS BlueEssentials $261.17 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $268.22 ↓ -66%
BCBS EPOSOA $274.08 ↓ -65%
Humana COMM $282.55 ↓ -64%
BCBS PPO $287.00 ↓ -64%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $317.42 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $352.34 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $357.10 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $357.10 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $396.77 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $418.20 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $436.45 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $436.45 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $436.45 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $436.45 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $460.26 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $480.10 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $480.10 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $515.81 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $555.49 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $555.49 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $555.49 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $595.16 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $595.16 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $634.84 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $634.84 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $674.52 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $793.55 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $793.55 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $793.55 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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