Interferon beta-1b / .25 mg at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
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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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
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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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$992.52 with United vs $6,198.23 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| United | AllPayerAppendix | $992.52 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $992.52 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $992.52 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $1,470.27 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $1,532.46 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,532.46 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $2,243.16 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $2,243.16 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $2,354.21 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $2,465.25 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $2,630.70 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $4,385.58 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $4,389.93 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $4,899.45 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $4,899.45 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $4,899.45 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $6,198.23 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Interferon beta-1b / .25 mg at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | $289.67 | $579.67 – $579.67 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $453.93 | $285.33 – $1,296.94 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $453.93 | $285.33 – $1,296.94 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $453.93 | $285.33 – $1,296.94 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $453.93 | $285.33 – $1,296.94 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen | Allen | $289.67 | $579.67 – $579.67 |
| Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound | Flower Mound | $289.67 | $909.70 – $909.70 |
| Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance | Fort Worth | $289.67 | $579.67 – $579.67 |