Glucagon tolerance panel 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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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

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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.

$38.70 with United vs $511.82 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.

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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
United STAR $38.70
Amerigroup MGMCD $38.70
Amerigroup CHIP $38.70
United CHIP $38.70
United STARPerinate $38.70
United STARPLUS $38.70
United STARKids $38.70
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $40.64
Aetna Better Health CHIP $41.80
Aetna Better Health MCD $41.80
Molina STARKIDS $42.57
Molina STAR+PLUS $42.57
Molina CHIP $42.57
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $42.57
Molina MCDSTAR $42.57
WellMed MGMCR $45.84
BCBS MGMCRHMO $46.07
Devoted Health SNP $46.07
Devoted Health HMO $46.07
Humana MGMCR $46.07
Devoted Health PPO $46.07
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $46.07
United AllPayerAppendix $46.07
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $46.07
Triwest Veterans FED $46.07
Devoted Health MME $46.07
United SmallGroup $46.07
Devoted Health MCR $46.07
BCBS MCRPPO $46.07
Devoted Health POS $46.07
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $46.07
Amerigroup DualEligible $46.07
United MGMCR $46.30
Aetna MCR $46.46
Care N Care MGMCR $46.53
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $46.99
WellCare MGMCR $47.45
Integranet MGMCR $47.45
Humana Tricare $48.36
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $48.37
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $48.37
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $48.37
ProCare Advantge MCR $48.37
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $48.37
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $48.37
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $48.37
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $48.37
Humana MGMCD $48.38
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $48.83
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $48.83
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $49.86
Molina MME $50.22
Molina MCR $50.22
Molina MMP $50.22
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $50.68
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $55.28
Aetna QHPHIX $58.60
BCBS BluePremier $58.97
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $59.89
Bravo Health MCRHMO $69.11
Bravo Health MCRPPO $69.11
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $69.11
Bravo Health MCRSNP $69.11
Bravo Health MCRPOS $69.11
BCBS MyBlueHealth $80.62
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $80.62
Aetna NewBusiness $80.71
Superior ValueHMO $82.47
BCBS BlueEssentials $83.85
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $83.85
Aetna COMM $85.96
Aetna Meritain $85.96
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $87.53
BCBS EPOSOA $87.99
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $91.22
BCBS PPO $92.14
Aetna OON $101.16
Superior HMO $103.20
Superior EPO $103.20
Oscar HIX $119.78
Molina Healthcare HIX $120.70
Cigna LocalPlus $182.56
Cigna NewBusiness $182.74
Cigna HMO $204.01
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $204.01
Cigna NetworkBenefit $204.01
Cigna AllOther $258.04
Humana COMM $511.82
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Glucagon tolerance panel at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $38.70 – $90.43
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $41.46 – $177.37
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $43.00 – $171.27
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $37.93 – $189.57
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $38.70 – $189.57
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $100.63 – $200.87
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $37.93 – $189.57
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $37.93 – $189.57

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