Hydration IV infusion each additional hour 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.

$24.46 with Superior Health Plan vs $349.47 with Unicare — 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $24.46
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $24.46
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $24.46
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $24.46
Superior Health Plan STARKids $24.46
BCBS BluePremier $32.31
BCBS MyBlueHealth $37.65
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $37.65
Cigna IFP $47.18
Cigna QHP $48.93
Aetna QHPHIX $56.96
United OptionsPPO $60.81
BCBS BlueEssentials $66.67
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $66.67
BCBS EPOSOA $69.96
Oscar HIX $72.69
BCBS PPO $73.24
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $78.94
United AllPayerAppendix $78.94
United SmallGroup $78.94
Aetna NewBusiness $83.17
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $85.62
Aetna Meritain $89.46
Aetna COMM $89.46
Evry Health COMM $90.16
Cigna LocalPlus $92.26
Cigna NewBusiness $92.26
Humana COMM $95.29
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $103.09
Cigna NetworkBenefit $103.09
Cigna HMO $103.09
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $104.84
Aetna OON $104.84
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $104.84
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $118.12
Cigna AllOther $130.35
Curative Administrators COMM $139.79
Prominence Health Plan HIX $139.79
BCBS Traditional $155.16
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $157.26
City of McKinney COMM $157.26
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $174.74
Aetna ASA $184.17
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $192.21
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $192.21
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $192.21
Aetna WCOMP $192.21
Averde Health, Inc PPO $202.69
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $211.43
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $211.43
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $227.16
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $244.63
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $244.63
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $244.63
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $262.10
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $262.10
USA Managed Care COMM $279.58
USC Health Services COMM $279.58
Galaxy Health Network PPO $297.05
Independent Medical Systems COMM $349.47
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $349.47
Unicare MCD $349.47

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Hydration IV infusion each additional hour at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $190.67 $32.03 – $238.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $190.67 $42.03 – $238.34
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $59.70 $18.59 – $18.59
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $357.20 $52.71 – $52.71
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $190.67 $42.03 – $238.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $200.22 $41.21 – $300.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $241.37 $41.34 – $301.71
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $200.22 $44.69 – $300.33

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