Chloramphenicol sodium injec 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

$1,047.60

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.

$1,047.60

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.

$73.33 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,047.60 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 $73.33 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $73.33 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $73.33 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $73.33 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $73.33 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $82.93 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $82.93 ↓ -92%
United SmallGroup $82.93 ↓ -92%
BCBS BluePremier $89.04 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $92.81 ↓ -91%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $92.81 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $135.84 ↓ -87%
BCBS BlueEssentials $135.84 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $141.43 ↓ -86%
BCBS EPOSOA $142.57 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $146.66 ↓ -86%
BCBS PPO $149.29 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $170.76 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $182.28 ↓ -83%
Aetna NewBusiness $249.33 ↓ -76%
Aetna Meritain $268.19 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $268.19 ↓ -74%
Humana COMM $282.29 ↓ -73%
Cigna LocalPlus $300.25 ↓ -71%
Cigna NewBusiness $300.55 ↓ -71%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $314.28 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $314.28 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $314.28 ↓ -70%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $335.43 ↓ -68%
Cigna HMO $335.43 ↓ -68%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $335.43 ↓ -68%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $354.09 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $419.04 ↓ -60%
Cigna AllOther $424.35 ↓ -59%
BCBS Traditional $465.13 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $471.42 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $523.80 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $552.09 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $576.18 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $576.18 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $576.18 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $576.18 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $607.61 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $633.80 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $633.80 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $680.94 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $733.32 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $733.32 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $785.70 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $785.70 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $838.08 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $838.08 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $890.46 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $1,047.60 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,047.60 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,047.60 ↑ +0%

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