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.

$42.42 with United vs $560.95 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 $42.42
Amerigroup MGMCD $42.42
Amerigroup CHIP $42.42
United CHIP $42.42
United STARPerinate $42.42
United STARPLUS $42.42
United STARKids $42.42
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $44.54
Aetna Better Health CHIP $45.81
Aetna Better Health MCD $45.81
Molina STARKIDS $46.66
Molina STAR+PLUS $46.66
Molina CHIP $46.66
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $46.66
Molina MCDSTAR $46.66
WellMed MGMCR $50.25
BCBS MGMCRHMO $50.50
Devoted Health SNP $50.50
Devoted Health HMO $50.50
Humana MGMCR $50.50
Devoted Health PPO $50.50
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $50.50
United AllPayerAppendix $50.50
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $50.50
Triwest Veterans FED $50.50
Devoted Health MME $50.50
United SmallGroup $50.50
Devoted Health MCR $50.50
BCBS MCRPPO $50.50
Devoted Health POS $50.50
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $50.50
Amerigroup DualEligible $50.50
United MGMCR $50.75
Aetna MCR $50.93
Care N Care MGMCR $51.01
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $51.51
Integranet MGMCR $52.02
WellCare MGMCR $52.02
Humana Tricare $53.02
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $53.03
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $53.03
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $53.03
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $53.03
ProCare Advantge MCR $53.03
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $53.03
Humana MGMCD $53.03
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $53.03
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $53.03
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $53.53
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $53.53
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $54.66
Molina MME $55.05
Molina MCR $55.05
Molina MMP $55.05
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $55.55
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $60.60
Aetna QHPHIX $64.24
BCBS BluePremier $64.64
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $65.65
Bravo Health MCRHMO $75.75
Bravo Health MCRPPO $75.75
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $75.75
Bravo Health MCRSNP $75.75
Bravo Health MCRPOS $75.75
BCBS MyBlueHealth $88.38
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $88.38
Aetna NewBusiness $88.48
Superior ValueHMO $90.39
BCBS BlueEssentials $91.91
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $91.91
Aetna COMM $94.23
Aetna Meritain $94.23
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $95.95
BCBS EPOSOA $96.45
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $99.99
BCBS PPO $101.00
Aetna OON $110.90
Superior HMO $113.12
Superior EPO $113.12
Oscar HIX $131.30
Molina Healthcare HIX $132.31
Cigna LocalPlus $200.03
Cigna NewBusiness $200.23
Cigna HMO $223.54
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $223.54
Cigna NetworkBenefit $223.54
Cigna AllOther $282.74
Humana COMM $560.95
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 $42.42 – $99.11
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $45.45 – $194.43
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $47.13 – $187.72
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $41.57 – $207.71
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $42.42 – $207.71
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $110.31 – $220.18
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $41.57 – $207.71
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $41.57 – $207.71

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