Carbohydrate urine - sendout 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

$215.41

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.

$215.41

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.

$4.62 with Amerigroup vs $215.41 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
Amerigroup CHIP $4.62 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $4.62 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $4.62 ↓ -98%
United STAR $4.62 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $4.62 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.62 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $4.62 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $4.85 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $4.99 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $4.99 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $5.08 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $5.08 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $5.08 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $5.08 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $5.08 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $5.47 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.50 ↓ -97%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $5.50 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health SNP $5.50 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health HMO $5.50 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.50 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCR $5.50 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MME $5.50 ↓ -97%
Triwest Veterans FED $5.50 ↓ -97%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $5.50 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $5.50 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $5.50 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health PPO $5.50 ↓ -97%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $5.50 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.50 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health POS $5.50 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MCR $5.50 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $5.53 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $5.55 ↓ -97%
Care N Care MGMCR $5.55 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $5.61 ↓ -97%
WellCare MGMCR $5.67 ↓ -97%
Integranet MGMCR $5.67 ↓ -97%
Humana Tricare $5.77 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $5.78 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $5.78 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantge MCR $5.78 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $5.78 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $5.78 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $5.78 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $5.78 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $5.78 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $5.78 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $5.83 ↓ -97%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $5.83 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.95 ↓ -97%
Molina MMP $6.00 ↓ -97%
Molina MCR $6.00 ↓ -97%
Molina MME $6.00 ↓ -97%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $6.05 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $6.60 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPHIX $7.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS BluePremier $7.04 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $7.15 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $8.25 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $8.25 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $8.25 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $8.25 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $8.25 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9.63 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $9.63 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $9.64 ↓ -96%
Superior ValueHMO $9.85 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $10.01 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueEssentials $10.01 ↓ -95%
Aetna Meritain $10.26 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $10.26 ↓ -95%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $10.45 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $10.50 ↓ -95%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $10.89 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $11.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna OON $12.08 ↓ -94%
Superior HMO $12.32 ↓ -94%
Superior EPO $12.32 ↓ -94%
Oscar HIX $14.30 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare HIX $14.41 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $15.08 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $15.08 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $15.08 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $15.08 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $15.08 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $21.48 ↓ -90%
Cigna NewBusiness $21.50 ↓ -90%
Cigna HMO $24.00 ↓ -89%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $24.00 ↓ -89%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $24.00 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $29.08 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $30.16 ↓ -86%
Cigna AllOther $30.35 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $37.48 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $52.78 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $55.58 ↓ -74%
Humana COMM $61.10 ↓ -72%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $64.62 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $64.62 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $72.81 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $86.16 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $95.64 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $96.93 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $96.93 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $107.70 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $113.52 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $118.48 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $118.48 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $118.48 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $118.48 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $124.94 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $130.32 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $130.32 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $140.02 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $150.79 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $150.79 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $150.79 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $161.56 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $161.56 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $172.33 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $172.33 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $183.10 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $215.41 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $215.41 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $215.41 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Carbohydrate urine - sendout at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $96.66 $4.62 – $120.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $96.66 $4.62 – $120.83
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $4.62 – $10.80
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $96.66 $4.62 – $120.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $78.68 $8.06 – $118.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $76.88 $4.62 – $96.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $78.68 $4.94 – $118.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $78.68 $4.62 – $118.03

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