Epoetin alfa-epbx 40,000 unit/ml injection 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

$130.22

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.

$130.22

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.

$6.17 with Cigna vs $130.22 with Unicare — 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
Cigna IFP $6.17 ↓ -95%
Cigna QHP $6.40 ↓ -95%
Humana Tricare $6.86 ↓ -95%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $7.07 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPHIX $7.45 ↓ -94%
United OptionsPPO $7.96 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $9.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $9.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $9.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $9.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $9.12 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $10.88 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMM $11.71 ↓ -91%
Aetna Meritain $11.71 ↓ -91%
United SmallGroup $12.49 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $12.49 ↓ -90%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $12.49 ↓ -90%
Aetna OON $13.72 ↓ -89%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $15.46 ↓ -88%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $18.29 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASA $24.10 ↓ -81%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $27.67 ↓ -79%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $27.67 ↓ -79%
BCBS BluePremier $35.48 ↓ -73%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $36.98 ↓ -72%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $36.98 ↓ -72%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $39.07 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $39.07 ↓ -70%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $45.73 ↓ -65%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $45.73 ↓ -65%
Cigna LocalPlus $45.81 ↓ -65%
Cigna NewBusiness $45.85 ↓ -65%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $51.17 ↓ -61%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $51.17 ↓ -61%
Cigna HMO $51.17 ↓ -61%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $54.14 ↓ -58%
BCBS BlueEssentials $54.14 ↓ -58%
BCBS EPOSOA $56.82 ↓ -56%
BCBS Traditional $57.82 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $58.60 ↓ -55%
BCBS PPO $59.50 ↓ -54%
Cigna AllOther $64.74 ↓ -50%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $65.11 ↓ -50%
Aetna WCOMP $71.62 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $71.62 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $71.62 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $71.62 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $75.53 ↓ -42%
Humana COMM $83.63 ↓ -36%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $84.64 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $91.15 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $91.15 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $97.67 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $97.67 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $104.18 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $104.18 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $110.69 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $130.22 ↑ +0%

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