Assay of glutathione 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.

$12.98 with United vs $158.37 with Humana — 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
United STAR $12.98
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.98
Amerigroup CHIP $12.98
United CHIP $12.98
United STARPerinate $12.98
United STARPLUS $12.98
United STARKids $12.98
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $13.63
Aetna Better Health CHIP $14.02
Aetna Better Health MCD $14.02
Molina STARKIDS $14.28
Molina STAR+PLUS $14.28
Molina CHIP $14.28
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $14.28
Molina MCDSTAR $14.28
WellMed MGMCR $15.37
BCBS MGMCRHMO $15.45
Devoted Health SNP $15.45
Devoted Health HMO $15.45
Humana MGMCR $15.45
Devoted Health PPO $15.45
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $15.45
United AllPayerAppendix $15.45
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $15.45
Triwest Veterans FED $15.45
Devoted Health MME $15.45
United SmallGroup $15.45
Devoted Health MCR $15.45
BCBS MCRPPO $15.45
Devoted Health POS $15.45
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $15.45
Amerigroup DualEligible $15.45
United MGMCR $15.53
Aetna MCR $15.58
Care N Care MGMCR $15.60
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $15.76
Integranet MGMCR $15.91
WellCare MGMCR $15.91
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $16.22
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $16.22
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $16.22
Humana Tricare $16.22
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $16.22
ProCare Advantge MCR $16.22
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $16.22
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $16.22
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $16.22
Humana MGMCD $16.23
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $16.38
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $16.38
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $16.72
Molina MME $16.84
Molina MCR $16.84
Molina MMP $16.84
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $17.00
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $18.54
Aetna QHPHIX $19.65
BCBS BluePremier $19.78
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $20.09
Bravo Health MCRHMO $23.17
Bravo Health MCRPPO $23.17
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $23.17
Bravo Health MCRSNP $23.17
Bravo Health MCRPOS $23.17
BCBS MyBlueHealth $27.04
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $27.04
Aetna NewBusiness $27.07
Superior ValueHMO $27.66
BCBS BlueEssentials $28.12
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $28.12
Aetna COMM $28.83
Aetna Meritain $28.83
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $29.35
BCBS EPOSOA $29.51
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $30.59
BCBS PPO $30.90
Aetna OON $33.93
Superior HMO $34.61
Superior EPO $34.61
Oscar HIX $40.17
Molina Healthcare HIX $40.48
Cigna LocalPlus $61.76
Cigna NewBusiness $61.82
Cigna HMO $69.01
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $69.01
Cigna NetworkBenefit $69.01
Cigna AllOther $87.29
Humana COMM $158.37
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Assay of glutathione at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $484.34 $10.00 – $210.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $484.34 $10.00 – $210.75
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $12.98 – $27.97
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $484.34 $10.00 – $210.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $484.34 $12.00 – $252.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $484.34 $12.00 – $191.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $484.34 $12.00 – $252.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $484.34 $8.00 – $252.90

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