Butorphanol tartrate, nasal 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

$248.82

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$248.82

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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$17.42 with Superior Health Plan vs $528.94 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 $17.42 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $17.42 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $17.42 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $17.42 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $17.42 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $33.59 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $34.83 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $40.56 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $43.29 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $49.76 ↓ -80%
Superior EPO $49.76 ↓ -80%
Superior ValueHMO $49.76 ↓ -80%
Aetna NewBusiness $59.22 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $62.20 ↓ -75%
Aetna Meritain $63.70 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $63.70 ↓ -74%
Aetna OON $74.65 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $74.65 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $74.65 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $84.10 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $99.53 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $110.48 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $111.97 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $124.41 ↓ -50%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $136.85 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $136.85 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $136.85 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $136.85 ↓ -45%
BCBS BluePremier $137.73 ↓ -45%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $143.55 ↓ -42%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $143.55 ↓ -42%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $144.32 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $150.54 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $150.54 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $161.73 ↓ -35%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $174.17 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $174.17 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $186.62 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $186.62 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $199.06 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $199.06 ↓ -20%
BCBS BlueEssentials $210.13 ↓ -16%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $210.13 ↓ -16%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $211.50 ↓ -15%
BCBS EPOSOA $220.53 ↓ -11%
BCBS PPO $230.94 ↓ -7%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $248.82 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $248.82 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $248.82 ↑ +0%
Cigna LocalPlus $374.25 ↑ +50%
Cigna NewBusiness $374.63 ↑ +51%
Humana COMM $413.05 ↑ +66%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $418.11 ↑ +68%
Cigna HMO $418.11 ↑ +68%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $418.11 ↑ +68%
Cigna AllOther $528.94 ↑ +113%
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL Argyle $1,096.53 $143.55 – $413.05
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