I131 iodide sol, 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

$793.62

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$793.62

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$31.97 with BCBS vs $793.62 with Independent Medical Systems — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
BCBS BluePremier $31.97 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $33.33 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $33.33 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $34.27 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $34.27 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $34.27 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentials $48.78 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $48.78 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $51.20 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $53.61 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $55.55 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $55.55 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $55.55 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $55.55 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $55.55 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $56.58 ↓ -93%
Cigna NewBusiness $56.63 ↓ -93%
Cigna HMO $63.21 ↓ -92%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $63.21 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $63.21 ↓ -92%
Humana COMM $69.10 ↓ -91%
Cigna AllOther $79.96 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $107.14 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $111.11 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $129.36 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $138.09 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $165.07 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $188.88 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $194.44 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMM $203.17 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $203.17 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $204.75 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $238.09 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $238.09 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $238.09 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $268.24 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $317.45 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $317.45 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $352.37 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $357.13 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $357.13 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $396.81 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $418.24 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $436.49 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $436.49 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $436.49 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $436.49 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $460.30 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $480.14 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $480.14 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $515.85 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $555.53 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $555.53 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $555.53 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $595.22 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $595.22 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $634.90 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $634.90 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $674.58 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $793.62 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $793.62 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $793.62 ↑ +0%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

I131 iodide sol, rx at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $10.15 $7.83 – $29.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $10.15 $7.54 – $29.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $10.15 $7.54 – $29.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $10.15 $7.54 – $29.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $10.15 $7.54 – $29.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $37.19 – $37.19
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $26.18 – $26.18
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $18.93 – $94.09

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →