Ibandronate 3 mg/3 ml intravenous syringe 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

$9,974.20

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.

$9,974.20

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.

$21.55 with Humana vs $9,974.20 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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
Humana Tricare $21.55 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $21.68 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $21.68 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $21.68 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $22.22 ↓ -100%
BCBS BluePremier $39.65 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $41.33 ↓ -100%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $41.33 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $60.50 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentials $60.50 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $63.49 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $66.49 ↓ -99%
Cigna LocalPlus $186.37 ↓ -98%
Cigna NewBusiness $186.56 ↓ -98%
Cigna HMO $208.21 ↓ -98%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $208.21 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $208.21 ↓ -98%
Cigna AllOther $263.40 ↓ -97%
Humana COMM $402.32 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $698.19 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $698.19 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $698.19 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $698.19 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $698.19 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $1,346.52 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $1,396.39 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $1,625.79 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $1,735.51 ↓ -83%
Aetna NewBusiness $2,373.86 ↓ -76%
Aetna Meritain $2,553.40 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $2,553.40 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $2,992.26 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $2,992.26 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $2,992.26 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $3,371.28 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $3,989.68 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $4,428.54 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $4,488.39 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $4,987.10 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $5,256.40 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $5,485.81 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $5,485.81 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $5,485.81 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $5,485.81 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $5,785.04 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $6,034.39 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $6,034.39 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $6,483.23 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $6,981.94 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $6,981.94 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $7,480.65 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $7,480.65 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $7,979.36 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $7,979.36 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $8,478.07 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $9,974.20 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $9,974.20 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $9,974.20 ↑ +0%

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Ibandronate 3 mg/3 ml intravenous syringe at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $949.32 $9.96 – $1,344.87
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