C-reactive protein, quantitative 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.

$8.94 with United vs $118.15 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 $8.94
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.94
Amerigroup CHIP $8.94
United CHIP $8.94
United STARPerinate $8.94
United STARPLUS $8.94
United STARKids $8.94
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $9.39
Aetna Better Health CHIP $9.66
Aetna Better Health MCD $9.66
Molina STARKIDS $9.83
Molina STAR+PLUS $9.83
Molina CHIP $9.83
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $9.83
Molina MCDSTAR $9.83
WellMed MGMCR $10.59
BCBS MGMCRHMO $10.64
Devoted Health SNP $10.64
Devoted Health HMO $10.64
Humana MGMCR $10.64
Devoted Health PPO $10.64
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $10.64
United AllPayerAppendix $10.64
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $10.64
Triwest Veterans FED $10.64
Devoted Health MME $10.64
United SmallGroup $10.64
Devoted Health MCR $10.64
BCBS MCRPPO $10.64
Devoted Health POS $10.64
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $10.64
Amerigroup DualEligible $10.64
United MGMCR $10.69
Aetna MCR $10.73
Care N Care MGMCR $10.75
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $10.85
Integranet MGMCR $10.96
WellCare MGMCR $10.96
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $11.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $11.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $11.17
Humana Tricare $11.17
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $11.17
ProCare Advantge MCR $11.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $11.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $11.17
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $11.17
Humana MGMCD $11.17
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $11.28
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $11.28
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $11.52
Molina MME $11.60
Molina MCR $11.60
Molina MMP $11.60
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $11.70
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $12.77
Aetna QHPHIX $13.53
BCBS BluePremier $13.62
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $13.83
Bravo Health MCRHMO $15.96
Bravo Health MCRPPO $15.96
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $15.96
Bravo Health MCRSNP $15.96
Bravo Health MCRPOS $15.96
BCBS MyBlueHealth $18.62
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $18.62
Aetna NewBusiness $18.63
Superior ValueHMO $19.05
BCBS BlueEssentials $19.36
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $19.36
Aetna COMM $19.84
Aetna Meritain $19.84
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $20.22
BCBS EPOSOA $20.32
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $21.07
BCBS PPO $21.28
Aetna OON $23.35
Superior HMO $23.83
Superior EPO $23.83
Oscar HIX $27.66
Molina Healthcare HIX $27.88
Cigna LocalPlus $41.62
Cigna NewBusiness $41.66
Cigna HMO $46.51
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $46.51
Cigna NetworkBenefit $46.51
Cigna AllOther $58.82
Humana COMM $118.15
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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C-reactive protein, quantitative at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $101.78 $8.94 – $127.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $101.78 $8.94 – $127.23
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $8.94 – $20.88
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $101.78 $8.94 – $127.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $133.51 $12.00 – $200.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $123.45 $8.94 – $154.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $133.51 $9.57 – $200.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $133.51 $8.00 – $200.26

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