Chronic urticaria - 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

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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.

$10.47 with United vs $138.39 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 $10.47
Amerigroup MGMCD $10.47
Amerigroup CHIP $10.47
United CHIP $10.47
United STARPerinate $10.47
United STARPLUS $10.47
United STARKids $10.47
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $10.99
Aetna Better Health CHIP $11.31
Aetna Better Health MCD $11.31
Molina STARKIDS $11.52
Molina STAR+PLUS $11.52
Molina CHIP $11.52
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $11.52
Molina MCDSTAR $11.52
WellMed MGMCR $12.40
BCBS MGMCRHMO $12.46
Devoted Health SNP $12.46
Devoted Health HMO $12.46
Humana MGMCR $12.46
Devoted Health PPO $12.46
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $12.46
United AllPayerAppendix $12.46
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $12.46
Triwest Veterans FED $12.46
Devoted Health MME $12.46
United SmallGroup $12.46
Devoted Health MCR $12.46
BCBS MCRPPO $12.46
Devoted Health POS $12.46
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $12.46
Amerigroup DualEligible $12.46
United MGMCR $12.52
Aetna MCR $12.57
Care N Care MGMCR $12.58
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $12.71
Integranet MGMCR $12.83
WellCare MGMCR $12.83
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $13.08
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $13.08
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $13.08
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $13.08
ProCare Advantge MCR $13.08
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $13.08
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $13.08
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $13.08
Humana Tricare $13.09
Humana MGMCD $13.09
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $13.21
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $13.21
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $13.49
Molina MME $13.58
Molina MCR $13.58
Molina MMP $13.58
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $13.71
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $14.95
Aetna QHPHIX $15.86
BCBS BluePremier $15.95
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $16.20
Bravo Health MCRHMO $18.69
Bravo Health MCRPPO $18.69
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $18.69
Bravo Health MCRSNP $18.69
Bravo Health MCRPOS $18.69
BCBS MyBlueHealth $21.80
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $21.80
Aetna NewBusiness $21.84
Superior ValueHMO $22.30
BCBS BlueEssentials $22.68
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $22.68
Aetna COMM $23.26
Aetna Meritain $23.26
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $23.67
BCBS EPOSOA $23.80
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $24.67
BCBS PPO $24.92
Aetna OON $27.38
Superior HMO $27.91
Superior EPO $27.91
Oscar HIX $32.40
Molina Healthcare HIX $32.65
Cigna LocalPlus $49.66
Cigna NewBusiness $49.71
Cigna HMO $55.50
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $55.50
Cigna NetworkBenefit $55.50
Cigna AllOther $70.20
Humana COMM $138.39
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Chronic urticaria - sendout at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $202.85 $10.00 – $253.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $202.85 $10.00 – $253.56
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $10.47 – $24.45
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $202.85 $10.00 – $253.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $126.69 $12.00 – $190.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $117.31 $10.47 – $146.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $126.69 $11.20 – $190.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $126.69 $8.00 – $190.03

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