Fluoro polarize fetal lung 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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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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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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$15.88 with United vs $210.11 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $15.88
Amerigroup MGMCD $15.88
Amerigroup CHIP $15.88
United CHIP $15.88
United STARPerinate $15.88
United STARPLUS $15.88
United STARKids $15.88
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $16.67
Aetna Better Health CHIP $17.15
Aetna Better Health MCD $17.15
Molina STARKIDS $17.47
Molina STAR+PLUS $17.47
Molina CHIP $17.47
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $17.47
Molina MCDSTAR $17.47
WellMed MGMCR $18.82
BCBS MGMCRHMO $18.91
Devoted Health SNP $18.91
Devoted Health HMO $18.91
Humana MGMCR $18.91
Devoted Health PPO $18.91
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $18.91
United AllPayerAppendix $18.91
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $18.91
Triwest Veterans FED $18.91
Devoted Health MME $18.91
United SmallGroup $18.91
Devoted Health MCR $18.91
BCBS MCRPPO $18.91
Devoted Health POS $18.91
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $18.91
Amerigroup DualEligible $18.91
United MGMCR $19.00
Aetna MCR $19.07
Care N Care MGMCR $19.10
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $19.29
Integranet MGMCR $19.48
WellCare MGMCR $19.48
Humana MGMCD $19.85
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $19.86
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $19.86
Humana Tricare $19.86
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $19.86
ProCare Advantge MCR $19.86
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $19.86
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $19.86
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $19.86
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $19.86
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $20.04
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $20.04
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $20.47
Molina MME $20.61
Molina MCR $20.61
Molina MMP $20.61
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $20.80
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $22.69
Aetna QHPHIX $24.06
BCBS BluePremier $24.20
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $24.58
Bravo Health MCRHMO $28.37
Bravo Health MCRPPO $28.37
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $28.37
Bravo Health MCRSNP $28.37
Bravo Health MCRPOS $28.37
BCBS MyBlueHealth $33.09
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $33.09
Aetna NewBusiness $33.14
Superior ValueHMO $33.85
BCBS BlueEssentials $34.42
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $34.42
Aetna COMM $35.30
Aetna Meritain $35.30
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $35.93
BCBS EPOSOA $36.12
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $37.44
BCBS PPO $37.82
Aetna OON $41.54
Superior HMO $42.36
Superior EPO $42.36
Oscar HIX $49.17
Molina Healthcare HIX $49.54
Cigna LocalPlus $75.19
Cigna NewBusiness $75.26
Cigna HMO $84.02
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $84.02
Cigna NetworkBenefit $84.02
Cigna AllOther $106.27
Humana COMM $210.11
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Fluoro polarize fetal lung at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $190.72 $10.00 – $238.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $190.72 $10.00 – $238.40
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $15.88 – $37.13
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $190.72 $10.00 – $238.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $190.72 $12.00 – $286.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $190.72 $12.00 – $238.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $190.72 $12.00 – $286.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $190.72 $8.00 – $286.07

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