Culture typing glc/hplc at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
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Cash price 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 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.
$10.52 with United vs $139.11 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | STAR | $10.52 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $10.52 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $10.52 | — |
| United | CHIP | $10.52 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $10.52 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $10.52 | — |
| United | STARKids | $10.52 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $11.05 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $11.36 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $11.36 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $11.57 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $11.57 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $11.57 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $11.57 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $11.57 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $12.46 | — |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $12.52 | — |
| Devoted Health | SNP | $12.52 | — |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $12.52 | — |
| Humana | MGMCR | $12.52 | — |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $12.52 | — |
| TriWest Veterans | FEDERAL | $12.52 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $12.52 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $12.52 | — |
| Triwest Veterans | FED | $12.52 | — |
| Devoted Health | MME | $12.52 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $12.52 | — |
| Devoted Health | MCR | $12.52 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $12.52 | — |
| Devoted Health | POS | $12.52 | — |
| Mutual of Omaha | MGMCR | $12.52 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $12.52 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $12.58 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $12.63 | — |
| Care N Care | MGMCR | $12.65 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCR | $12.77 | — |
| Integranet | MGMCR | $12.90 | — |
| WellCare | MGMCR | $12.90 | — |
| Humana | Tricare | $13.14 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPOS | $13.15 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRSNP | $13.15 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPPO | $13.15 | — |
| American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. | MGMCR | $13.15 | — |
| ProCare Advantge | MCR | $13.15 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRHMO | $13.15 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $13.15 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRDualEligible | $13.15 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPFFS | $13.15 | — |
| Texas Independent Health Plan | MGMCR | $13.27 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MCR | $13.27 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $13.55 | — |
| Molina | MME | $13.65 | — |
| Molina | MCR | $13.65 | — |
| Molina | MMP | $13.65 | — |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $13.77 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $15.02 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $15.92 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $16.03 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MGMCR | $16.28 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRHMO | $18.78 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRPPO | $18.78 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRPFFS | $18.78 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRSNP | $18.78 | — |
| Bravo Health | MCRPOS | $18.78 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $21.91 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $21.91 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $21.93 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $22.41 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $22.79 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $22.79 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $23.36 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $23.36 | — |
| USA Managed Care | WORKERSCOMP | $23.79 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $23.91 | — |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $24.79 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $25.04 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $27.49 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $28.04 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $28.04 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $32.55 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $32.80 | — |
| 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 | $139.11 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Culture typing glc/hplc at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $82.73 | $10.00 – $103.41 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $82.73 | $10.00 – $103.41 |
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | not published | $10.52 – $24.59 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $82.73 | $10.00 – $103.41 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $82.73 | $10.00 – $103.41 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE | Grapevine | $82.73 | $10.00 – $103.41 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING | Irving | $82.73 | $10.00 – $103.41 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE | Rowlett | $82.73 | $10.00 – $103.41 |