Apheresis platelets 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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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.

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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.

$128.79 with Superior Health Plan vs $4,332.00 with Aetna — 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 $128.79
Superior Health Plan CHIP $128.79
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $128.79
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $128.79
Superior Health Plan STARKids $128.79
United STAR $164.30
United STARPerinate $164.30
United STARPLUS $164.30
United CHIP $164.30
United STARKids $164.30
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $172.52
Amerigroup MGMCD $172.52
Amerigroup CHIP $172.52
Molina MCDSTAR $180.73
Molina STAR+PLUS $180.73
Molina CHIP $180.73
Molina STARKIDS $180.73
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $180.73
Aetna Better Health CHIP $197.16
Aetna Better Health MCD $197.16
Humana MGMCD $205.38
Cigna IFP $248.39
Cigna QHP $257.59
BCBS BluePremier $272.54
United OptionsPPO $320.14
Oscar HIX $382.70
WellMed MGMCR $445.40
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $450.78
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $454.46
BCBS MyBlueHealth $454.46
Evry Health COMM $474.70
Cigna NewBusiness $485.74
Cigna LocalPlus $485.74
Cigna HMO $542.77
Cigna NetworkBenefit $542.77
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $542.77
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $551.97
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $551.97
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $586.93
BCBS BlueEssentials $586.93
BCBS EPOSOA $616.37
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $621.89
BCBS PPO $643.97
Cigna AllOther $686.29
Curative Administrators COMM $735.96
Prominence Health Plan HIX $735.96
Humana COMM $797.49
BCBS Traditional $816.92
City of McKinney COMM $827.96
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $827.96
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $919.96
Aetna ASA $969.63
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,011.95
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,011.95
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,011.95
Aetna WCOMP $1,011.95
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,067.15
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,113.15
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,113.15
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $1,195.94
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,259.00
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,287.94
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,287.94
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,287.94
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,379.93
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,379.93
United SmallGroup $1,454.00
USA Managed Care COMM $1,471.93
USC Health Services COMM $1,471.93
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,563.92
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,839.91
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,839.91
Unicare MCD $1,839.91
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00

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Apheresis platelets at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,692.74 $164.30 – $3,365.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $2,692.74 $164.30 – $3,365.93
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $164.30 – $177.44
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,692.74 $164.30 – $3,365.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,851.13 $175.80 – $4,276.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,771.94 $164.30 – $3,464.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,851.13 $175.80 – $4,276.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,851.13 $164.30 – $4,276.70

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