Ketone body(s) beta-hydroxybutyrate quantitative 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

$310.46

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.

$310.46

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.

$6.86 with Amerigroup vs $310.46 with Unicare — 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
Amerigroup CHIP $6.86 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $6.86 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $6.86 ↓ -98%
United STAR $6.86 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $6.86 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.86 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $6.86 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $7.20 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $7.41 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $7.41 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $7.55 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $7.55 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $7.55 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $7.55 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $7.55 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $8.13 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $8.17 ↓ -97%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $8.17 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health SNP $8.17 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health HMO $8.17 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.17 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCR $8.17 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MME $8.17 ↓ -97%
Triwest Veterans FED $8.17 ↓ -97%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $8.17 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $8.17 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $8.17 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health PPO $8.17 ↓ -97%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $8.17 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.17 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health POS $8.17 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MCR $8.17 ↓ -97%
United MGMCR $8.21 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $8.24 ↓ -97%
Care N Care MGMCR $8.25 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $8.33 ↓ -97%
WellCare MGMCR $8.42 ↓ -97%
Integranet MGMCR $8.42 ↓ -97%
Humana Tricare $8.57 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $8.58 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $8.58 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantge MCR $8.58 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $8.58 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $8.58 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $8.58 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $8.58 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $8.58 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $8.58 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $8.66 ↓ -97%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $8.66 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.84 ↓ -97%
Molina MMP $8.91 ↓ -97%
Molina MCR $8.91 ↓ -97%
Molina MME $8.91 ↓ -97%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $8.99 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $9.80 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPHIX $10.39 ↓ -97%
BCBS BluePremier $10.46 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $10.62 ↓ -97%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $12.25 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $12.25 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $12.25 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $12.25 ↓ -96%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $12.25 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $14.30 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $14.30 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $14.31 ↓ -95%
Superior ValueHMO $14.62 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $14.87 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueEssentials $14.87 ↓ -95%
Aetna Meritain $15.24 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $15.24 ↓ -95%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $15.52 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $15.60 ↓ -95%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $16.18 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $16.34 ↓ -95%
Aetna OON $17.93 ↓ -94%
Superior HMO $18.30 ↓ -94%
Superior EPO $18.30 ↓ -94%
Oscar HIX $21.24 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare HIX $21.41 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $21.73 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $21.73 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $21.73 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $21.73 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $21.73 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $32.23 ↓ -90%
Cigna NewBusiness $32.27 ↓ -90%
Cigna HMO $36.02 ↓ -88%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $36.02 ↓ -88%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $36.02 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $41.91 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $43.46 ↓ -86%
Cigna AllOther $45.56 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $54.02 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $76.06 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $80.10 ↓ -74%
Humana COMM $90.79 ↓ -71%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $93.14 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $93.14 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $104.94 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $124.18 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $137.84 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $139.71 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $139.71 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $155.23 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $163.61 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $170.75 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $170.75 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $170.75 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $170.75 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $180.07 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $187.83 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $187.83 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $201.80 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $217.32 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $217.32 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $217.32 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $232.84 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $232.84 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $248.37 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $248.37 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $263.89 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $310.46 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $310.46 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $310.46 ↑ +0%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Ketone body(s) beta-hydroxybutyrate quantitative at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $90.56 $6.86 – $42.00
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