Glucagon tolerance test 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.

$14.93 with United vs $167.46 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 $14.93
Amerigroup MGMCD $14.93
Amerigroup CHIP $14.93
United CHIP $14.93
United STARPerinate $14.93
United STARPLUS $14.93
United STARKids $14.93
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $15.68
Aetna Better Health CHIP $16.12
Aetna Better Health MCD $16.12
Molina STARKIDS $16.42
Molina STAR+PLUS $16.42
Molina CHIP $16.42
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $16.42
Molina MCDSTAR $16.42
WellMed MGMCR $17.68
BCBS MGMCRHMO $17.77
Devoted Health SNP $17.77
Devoted Health HMO $17.77
Humana MGMCR $17.77
Devoted Health PPO $17.77
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $17.77
United AllPayerAppendix $17.77
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $17.77
Triwest Veterans FED $17.77
Devoted Health MME $17.77
United SmallGroup $17.77
Devoted Health MCR $17.77
BCBS MCRPPO $17.77
Devoted Health POS $17.77
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $17.77
Amerigroup DualEligible $17.77
United MGMCR $17.86
Aetna MCR $17.92
Care N Care MGMCR $17.95
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $18.13
Integranet MGMCR $18.30
WellCare MGMCR $18.30
Humana Tricare $18.65
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $18.66
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $18.66
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $18.66
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $18.66
ProCare Advantge MCR $18.66
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $18.66
Humana MGMCD $18.66
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $18.66
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $18.66
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $18.84
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $18.84
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $19.23
Molina MME $19.37
Molina MCR $19.37
Molina MMP $19.37
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $19.55
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $21.32
Aetna QHPHIX $22.60
BCBS BluePremier $22.75
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $23.10
Bravo Health MCRHMO $26.66
Bravo Health MCRPPO $26.66
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $26.66
Bravo Health MCRSNP $26.66
Bravo Health MCRPOS $26.66
BCBS MyBlueHealth $31.10
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $31.10
Aetna NewBusiness $31.13
Superior ValueHMO $31.81
BCBS BlueEssentials $32.34
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $32.34
Aetna COMM $33.15
Aetna Meritain $33.15
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $33.76
BCBS EPOSOA $33.94
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $35.18
BCBS PPO $35.54
Aetna OON $39.02
Superior HMO $39.80
Superior EPO $39.80
Oscar HIX $46.20
Molina Healthcare HIX $46.56
Cigna LocalPlus $69.81
Cigna NewBusiness $69.87
Cigna HMO $78.01
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $78.01
Cigna NetworkBenefit $78.01
Cigna AllOther $98.67
Humana COMM $167.46
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Glucagon tolerance test at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $14.93 – $29.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $111.95 $12.00 – $167.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $111.95 $12.00 – $139.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $111.95 $12.00 – $167.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $111.95 $8.00 – $167.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $111.95 $12.00 – $167.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $111.95 $14.93 – $139.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $111.95 $12.00 – $167.92

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