Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug 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.

$12.39 with Superior Health Plan vs $318.63 with Humana — 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 STARPLUS $12.39
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $12.39
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $12.39
Superior Health Plan CHIP $12.39
Superior Health Plan STARKids $12.39
Cigna IFP $23.90
Cigna QHP $24.79
Aetna QHPHIX $28.86
United OptionsPPO $30.81
Oscar HIX $36.83
Aetna NewBusiness $42.14
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $43.38
Aetna Meritain $45.33
Aetna COMM $45.33
Evry Health COMM $45.68
Cigna LocalPlus $46.75
Cigna NewBusiness $46.75
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $52.24
Cigna HMO $52.24
Cigna NetworkBenefit $52.24
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $53.12
Aetna OON $53.12
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $53.12
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $59.85
Cigna AllOther $66.05
Prominence Health Plan HIX $70.83
Curative Administrators COMM $70.83
BCBS Traditional $78.62
City of McKinney COMM $79.68
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $79.68
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $88.53
Aetna ASA $93.32
BCBS BluePremier $93.55
Aetna WCOMP $97.39
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $97.39
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $97.39
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $97.39
Averde Health, Inc PPO $102.70
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $107.13
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $107.13
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.01
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.01
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $115.10
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $123.95
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $123.95
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $123.95
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $132.80
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $132.80
USA Managed Care COMM $141.66
USC Health Services COMM $141.66
Galaxy Health Network PPO $150.51
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $177.07
Independent Medical Systems COMM $177.07
Unicare MCD $177.07
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $193.05
BCBS BlueEssentials $193.05
BCBS EPOSOA $202.56
BCBS PPO $212.07
Humana COMM $318.63

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