Creatine isoforms 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.

$9.97 with United vs $131.83 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 $9.97
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.97
Amerigroup CHIP $9.97
United CHIP $9.97
United STARPerinate $9.97
United STARPLUS $9.97
United STARKids $9.97
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $10.47
Aetna Better Health CHIP $10.77
Aetna Better Health MCD $10.77
Molina STARKIDS $10.97
Molina STAR+PLUS $10.97
Molina CHIP $10.97
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $10.97
Molina MCDSTAR $10.97
WellMed MGMCR $11.81
BCBS MGMCRHMO $11.87
Devoted Health SNP $11.87
Devoted Health HMO $11.87
Humana MGMCR $11.87
Devoted Health PPO $11.87
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $11.87
United AllPayerAppendix $11.87
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.87
Triwest Veterans FED $11.87
Devoted Health MME $11.87
United SmallGroup $11.87
Devoted Health MCR $11.87
BCBS MCRPPO $11.87
Devoted Health POS $11.87
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $11.87
Amerigroup DualEligible $11.87
United MGMCR $11.93
Aetna MCR $11.97
Care N Care MGMCR $11.99
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $12.11
Integranet MGMCR $12.23
WellCare MGMCR $12.23
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $12.46
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $12.46
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $12.46
Humana Tricare $12.46
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $12.46
ProCare Advantge MCR $12.46
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $12.46
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $12.46
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $12.46
Humana MGMCD $12.46
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $12.58
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $12.58
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $12.85
Molina MME $12.94
Molina MCR $12.94
Molina MMP $12.94
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $13.06
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $14.24
Aetna QHPHIX $15.09
BCBS BluePremier $15.19
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $15.43
Bravo Health MCRHMO $17.80
Bravo Health MCRPPO $17.80
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $17.80
Bravo Health MCRSNP $17.80
Bravo Health MCRPOS $17.80
BCBS MyBlueHealth $20.77
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $20.77
Aetna NewBusiness $20.79
Superior ValueHMO $21.25
BCBS BlueEssentials $21.60
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $21.60
Aetna COMM $22.14
Aetna Meritain $22.14
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $22.55
BCBS EPOSOA $22.67
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $23.50
BCBS PPO $23.74
Aetna OON $26.06
Superior HMO $26.59
Superior EPO $26.59
Oscar HIX $30.86
Molina Healthcare HIX $31.10
Cigna LocalPlus $47.00
Cigna NewBusiness $47.04
Cigna HMO $52.52
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $52.52
Cigna NetworkBenefit $52.52
Cigna AllOther $66.43
Humana COMM $131.83
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Creatine isoforms at other Texas hospitals

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Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $9.97 – $23.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $17.58 $3.62 – $28.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $17.58 $9.97 – $28.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $17.58 $10.67 – $28.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $17.58 $8.00 – $28.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $17.58 $9.97 – $28.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $17.58 $9.67 – $28.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $17.58 $9.97 – $28.49

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