Creatine - 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.

$3.90 with United vs $51.47 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 $3.90
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.90
Amerigroup CHIP $3.90
United CHIP $3.90
United STARPerinate $3.90
United STARPLUS $3.90
United STARKids $3.90
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $4.09
Aetna Better Health CHIP $4.21
Aetna Better Health MCD $4.21
Molina STARKIDS $4.29
Molina STAR+PLUS $4.29
Molina CHIP $4.29
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $4.29
Molina MCDSTAR $4.29
WellMed MGMCR $4.62
BCBS MGMCRHMO $4.64
Devoted Health SNP $4.64
Devoted Health HMO $4.64
Humana MGMCR $4.64
Devoted Health PPO $4.64
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $4.64
United AllPayerAppendix $4.64
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.64
Triwest Veterans FED $4.64
Devoted Health MME $4.64
United SmallGroup $4.64
Devoted Health MCR $4.64
BCBS MCRPPO $4.64
Devoted Health POS $4.64
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $4.64
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.64
United MGMCR $4.66
Aetna MCR $4.68
Care N Care MGMCR $4.69
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $4.73
Integranet MGMCR $4.78
WellCare MGMCR $4.78
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $4.87
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $4.87
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $4.87
Humana Tricare $4.87
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $4.87
ProCare Advantge MCR $4.87
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $4.87
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $4.87
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $4.87
Humana MGMCD $4.88
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $4.92
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $4.92
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.02
Molina MME $5.06
Molina MCR $5.06
Molina MMP $5.06
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $5.10
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.57
Aetna QHPHIX $5.89
BCBS BluePremier $5.94
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $6.03
Bravo Health MCRPPO $6.96
Bravo Health MCRHMO $6.96
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $6.96
Bravo Health MCRSNP $6.96
Bravo Health MCRPOS $6.96
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.12
Aetna NewBusiness $8.12
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $8.12
Superior ValueHMO $8.31
BCBS BlueEssentials $8.44
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $8.44
Aetna COMM $8.65
Aetna Meritain $8.65
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $8.82
BCBS EPOSOA $8.86
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.19
BCBS PPO $9.28
Aetna OON $10.17
Superior HMO $10.39
Superior EPO $10.39
Oscar HIX $12.06
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.16
Cigna LocalPlus $18.81
Cigna NewBusiness $18.82
Cigna HMO $21.02
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $21.02
Cigna NetworkBenefit $21.02
Cigna AllOther $26.58
Humana COMM $51.47
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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