Calcium chloride 100 mg/ml (10 %) intravenous syringe 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

$41.19

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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$41.19

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.

$0.05 with United vs $41.19 with Unicare — 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 AllPayerAppendix $0.05 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $0.05 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.05 ↓ -100%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.10 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.10 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.15 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.15 ↓ -100%
BCBS EPOSOA $0.16 ↓ -100%
BCBS PPO $0.17 ↓ -100%
Cigna LocalPlus $0.18 ↓ -100%
Cigna NewBusiness $0.18 ↓ -100%
Cigna HMO $0.20 ↓ -100%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.20 ↓ -100%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $0.20 ↓ -100%
Cigna AllOther $0.26 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.88 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $2.88 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $2.88 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.88 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.88 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $4.72 ↓ -89%
Cigna QHP $4.90 ↓ -88%
Aetna QHPHIX $5.70 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $6.09 ↓ -85%
Aetna NewBusiness $8.33 ↓ -80%
Aetna Meritain $8.95 ↓ -78%
Aetna COMM $8.95 ↓ -78%
BCBS BluePremier $10.21 ↓ -75%
Aetna OON $10.49 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $11.82 ↓ -71%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $12.36 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $12.36 ↓ -70%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $13.99 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $18.29 ↓ -56%
Aetna ASA $18.43 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $18.54 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $20.59 ↓ -50%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $21.16 ↓ -49%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $21.16 ↓ -49%
Aetna WCOMP $22.65 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $22.65 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $22.65 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $22.65 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $23.89 ↓ -42%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $26.77 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $28.83 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $28.83 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $30.89 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $30.89 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $32.95 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $32.95 ↓ -20%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $34.98 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $34.98 ↓ -15%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $35.01 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $41.19 ↑ +0%

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