I131 iodide cap, rx 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

$422.76

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$422.76

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.

$29.59 with Superior Health Plan vs $696.05 with Cigna — 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 STARKids $29.59 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $29.59 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $29.59 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $29.59 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $29.59 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $39.72 ↓ -91%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $39.72 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $39.72 ↓ -91%
Cigna IFP $57.07 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $59.19 ↓ -86%
BCBS BluePremier $68.48 ↓ -84%
Aetna QHPHIX $68.91 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $71.38 ↓ -83%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $71.38 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $73.56 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $87.93 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $100.62 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $103.58 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueEssentials $104.48 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $104.48 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMM $108.23 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $108.23 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $109.07 ↓ -74%
BCBS EPOSOA $109.66 ↓ -74%
BCBS PPO $114.83 ↓ -73%
Aetna OON $126.83 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $126.83 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $126.83 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $142.89 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $169.10 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $169.10 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $187.71 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $190.24 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $190.24 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $211.38 ↓ -50%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $232.52 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $232.52 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $232.52 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $232.52 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $245.20 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $255.77 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $255.77 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $274.79 ↓ -35%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $295.93 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $295.93 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $295.93 ↓ -30%
Humana COMM $306.46 ↓ -28%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $317.07 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $317.07 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $338.21 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $338.21 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $359.35 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $422.76 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $422.76 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $422.76 ↑ +0%
Cigna LocalPlus $492.49 ↑ +16%
Cigna NewBusiness $492.98 ↑ +17%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $550.20 ↑ +30%
Cigna HMO $550.20 ↑ +30%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $550.20 ↑ +30%
Cigna AllOther $696.05 ↑ +65%
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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I131 iodide cap, rx at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $40.65 $27.00 – $91.71
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $481.12 $39.72 – $417.26
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $42.00 $77.38 – $82.61
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $391.11 $39.72 – $417.26
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $468.71 $39.72 – $417.26
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $24.85 $18.62 – $71.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $31.22 $20.82 – $187.28
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $24.85 $18.46 – $71.00

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