Gadoterate meglumine 0.5 mmol/ml (376.9 mg/ml) intravenous 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

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Cash price

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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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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.

$0.12 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $136.23 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.12
Humana Tricare $0.12
United AllPayerAppendix $0.17
United SmallGroup $0.17
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.17
Aetna QHPHIX $0.31
Aetna NewBusiness $0.42
Aetna Meritain $0.45
Aetna COMM $0.45
BCBS BluePremier $0.66
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.69
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.69
Cigna NewBusiness $0.73
Cigna LocalPlus $0.73
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.81
Cigna NetworkBenefit $0.81
Cigna HMO $0.81
BCBS BlueEssentials $1.01
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1.01
Cigna AllOther $1.03
BCBS EPOSOA $1.06
BCBS PPO $1.11
Humana COMM $1.50
Superior Health Plan CHIP $9.54
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $9.54
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $9.54
Superior Health Plan STARKids $9.54
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $9.54
Cigna IFP $18.39
Cigna QHP $19.07
United OptionsPPO $23.70
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $40.87
Aetna OON $40.87
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $40.87
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $46.05
Prominence Health Plan HIX $54.49
BCBS Traditional $60.49
City of McKinney COMM $61.30
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $68.11
Aetna WCOMP $74.93
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $74.93
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $74.93
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $74.93
Averde Health, Inc PPO $79.01
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $82.42
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $82.42
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $88.55
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $95.36
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $95.36
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $102.17
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $102.17
USA Managed Care COMM $108.98
USC Health Services COMM $108.98
Galaxy Health Network PPO $115.80
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $136.23
Unicare MCD $136.23
Independent Medical Systems COMM $136.23
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Gadoterate meglumine 0.5 mmol/ml (376.9 mg/ml) intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $551.33 $0.77 – $0.77
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $1,007.07 $0.10 – $2.05
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $86.54 $0.18 – $7.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $86.54 $0.17 – $7.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $86.54 $0.17 – $7.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $86.54 $0.17 – $7.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $86.54 $0.17 – $7.00
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano Plano $7.50 $0.26 – $0.26

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