Hemoglobin copper sulfate 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.

$3.37 with United vs $36.08 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 $3.37
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.37
Amerigroup CHIP $3.37
United CHIP $3.37
United STARPerinate $3.37
United STARPLUS $3.37
United STARKids $3.37
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $3.54
Aetna Better Health CHIP $3.64
Aetna Better Health MCD $3.64
Molina STARKIDS $3.71
Molina STAR+PLUS $3.71
Molina CHIP $3.71
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $3.71
Molina MCDSTAR $3.71
WellMed MGMCR $3.99
BCBS MGMCRHMO $4.01
Devoted Health SNP $4.01
Devoted Health HMO $4.01
Humana MGMCR $4.01
Devoted Health PPO $4.01
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $4.01
United AllPayerAppendix $4.01
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.01
Triwest Veterans FED $4.01
Devoted Health MME $4.01
United SmallGroup $4.01
Devoted Health MCR $4.01
BCBS MCRPPO $4.01
Devoted Health POS $4.01
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $4.01
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.01
United MGMCR $4.03
Aetna MCR $4.04
Care N Care MGMCR $4.05
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $4.09
Integranet MGMCR $4.13
WellCare MGMCR $4.13
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $4.21
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $4.21
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $4.21
Humana Tricare $4.21
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $4.21
ProCare Advantge MCR $4.21
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $4.21
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $4.21
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $4.21
Humana MGMCD $4.21
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $4.25
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $4.25
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $4.34
Molina MME $4.37
Molina MCR $4.37
Molina MMP $4.37
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $4.41
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $4.81
Aetna QHPHIX $5.11
BCBS BluePremier $5.13
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $5.21
Bravo Health MCRHMO $6.01
Bravo Health MCRPPO $6.01
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $6.01
Bravo Health MCRSNP $6.01
Bravo Health MCRPOS $6.01
BCBS MyBlueHealth $7.02
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $7.02
Aetna NewBusiness $7.04
Superior ValueHMO $7.18
BCBS BlueEssentials $7.30
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $7.30
Aetna COMM $7.50
Aetna Meritain $7.50
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $7.62
BCBS EPOSOA $7.66
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7.94
BCBS PPO $8.02
Aetna OON $8.82
Superior HMO $8.98
Superior EPO $8.98
Oscar HIX $10.43
Molina Healthcare HIX $10.51
Cigna LocalPlus $16.10
Cigna NewBusiness $16.11
Cigna HMO $17.99
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $17.99
Cigna NetworkBenefit $17.99
Cigna AllOther $22.75
Humana COMM $36.08
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Hemoglobin copper sulfate at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $3.37 – $4.64
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $3.61 – $15.44
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $3.37 – $8.78
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $3.30 – $16.71
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $3.37 – $16.71
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $8.77 – $17.48
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $3.30 – $16.71
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $3.30 – $16.71

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