Autologous blood process 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

$524.10

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.

$524.10

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.

$36.69 with Superior Health Plan vs $542.66 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 MCDSTAR $36.69 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $36.69 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $36.69 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $36.69 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $36.69 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $70.75 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $73.37 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $91.19 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $109.01 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $128.40 ↓ -76%
Aetna QHPHIX $130.97 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $135.22 ↓ -74%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -72%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $149.16 ↓ -72%
United SmallGroup $149.16 ↓ -72%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $157.23 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $157.23 ↓ -70%
Humana COMM $162.42 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $177.15 ↓ -66%
Aetna NewBusiness $180.40 ↓ -66%
BCBS BluePremier $183.68 ↓ -65%
Aetna COMM $192.14 ↓ -63%
Aetna Meritain $192.14 ↓ -63%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $209.64 ↓ -60%
Aetna OON $226.11 ↓ -57%
BCBS Traditional $232.70 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $235.84 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $235.84 ↓ -55%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $251.13 ↓ -52%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $251.13 ↓ -52%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $261.17 ↓ -50%
BCBS BlueEssentials $261.17 ↓ -50%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $262.05 ↓ -50%
BCBS EPOSOA $274.08 ↓ -48%
Aetna ASA $276.20 ↓ -47%
BCBS PPO $287.00 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $288.25 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $288.25 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $288.25 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $288.25 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $303.98 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $317.08 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $317.08 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $340.67 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $366.87 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $366.87 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $366.87 ↓ -30%
Cigna LocalPlus $383.93 ↓ -27%
Cigna NewBusiness $384.30 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $393.07 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $393.07 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $419.28 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $419.28 ↓ -20%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $429.05 ↓ -18%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $429.05 ↓ -18%
Cigna HMO $429.05 ↓ -18%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $445.49 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $524.10 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $524.10 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $524.10 ↑ +0%
Cigna AllOther $542.66 ↑ +4%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Autologous blood process at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,027.65 $10.00 – $1,203.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $1,027.65 $10.00 – $1,203.19
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $73.65 – $73.65
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,027.65 $10.00 – $1,203.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $180.55 $12.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $151.63 $12.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $180.55 $12.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $180.55 $8.00 – $423.12

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