Diatrizoate meglumine 18 % urethral solution 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

$133.56

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.

$133.56

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.

$0.08 with Humana vs $133.56 with Independent Medical Systems — 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
Humana Tricare $0.08 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.08 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $0.12 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.12 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.12 ↓ -100%
Aetna QHPHIX $0.20 ↓ -100%
Aetna NewBusiness $0.28 ↓ -100%
BCBS BluePremier $0.30 ↓ -100%
Aetna Meritain $0.30 ↓ -100%
Aetna COMM $0.30 ↓ -100%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.31 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.31 ↓ -100%
Cigna NewBusiness $0.42 ↓ -100%
Cigna LocalPlus $0.42 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.45 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.45 ↓ -100%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.47 ↓ -100%
Cigna HMO $0.47 ↓ -100%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $0.47 ↓ -100%
BCBS EPOSOA $0.48 ↓ -100%
BCBS PPO $0.50 ↓ -100%
Humana COMM $0.57 ↓ -100%
Cigna AllOther $0.60 ↓ -100%
Cigna IFP $18.03 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $18.70 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $23.24 ↓ -83%
Aetna OON $40.07 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $45.14 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $53.42 ↓ -60%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $80.80 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $80.80 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $133.56 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $133.56 ↑ +0%
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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Diatrizoate meglumine 18 % urethral solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $149.04 $0.08 – $165.24
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $149.04 $0.08 – $165.24
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