Inj, artesunate, 1mg 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

$52,877.74

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.

$52,877.74

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.

$85.52 with United vs $52,877.74 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 AllPayerAppendix $85.52 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $85.52 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $85.52 ↓ -100%
BCBS BluePremier $149.25 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $155.56 ↓ -100%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $155.56 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $227.70 ↓ -100%
BCBS BlueEssentials $227.70 ↓ -100%
BCBS EPOSOA $238.98 ↓ -100%
BCBS PPO $250.25 ↓ -100%
Cigna LocalPlus $301.76 ↓ -99%
Cigna NewBusiness $302.06 ↓ -99%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $337.12 ↓ -99%
Cigna HMO $337.12 ↓ -99%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $337.12 ↓ -99%
Cigna AllOther $426.49 ↓ -99%
Cigna IFP $7,138.49 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $7,402.88 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $8,619.07 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $9,200.73 ↓ -83%
Aetna NewBusiness $12,584.90 ↓ -76%
Aetna Meritain $13,536.70 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $13,536.70 ↓ -74%
Aetna OON $15,863.32 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $17,872.68 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $21,151.10 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASA $27,866.57 ↓ -47%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $31,991.03 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $31,991.03 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $52,877.74 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $52,877.74 ↑ +0%

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Inj, artesunate, 1mg at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $26,147.09 $85.52 – $120.69
MEDICAL CITY ARLINGTON HOSPITAL RED OAK $33,132.95 $85.52 – $301.76
MEDICAL CITY LAS COLINAS HOSPITAL Irving $27,707.37 $85.52 – $301.76
MEDICAL CITY NORTH HILLS HOSPITAL North Richland Hills $31,681.10 $85.52 – $301.76
MEDICAL CITY MCKINNEY HOSPITAL McKinney $31,076.40 $85.52 – $301.76
Methodist Mansfield Medical Center Mansfield $5,647.50 $51.83 – $11,854.16
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $173.60 – $173.60
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $85.52 – $120.69

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