Lactated ringers intravenous solution 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

$39.82

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$39.82

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.

$2.23 with Humana vs $38.85 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
Humana Tricare $2.23 ↓ -94%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $2.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $2.72 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.72 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.72 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.72 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $2.72 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.93 ↓ -90%
United SmallGroup $3.93 ↓ -90%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.93 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $5.24 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $5.44 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $6.33 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $6.76 ↓ -83%
Aetna NewBusiness $9.25 ↓ -77%
Aetna Meritain $9.95 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMM $9.95 ↓ -75%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $11.65 ↓ -71%
Aetna OON $11.65 ↓ -71%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $11.65 ↓ -71%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $13.13 ↓ -67%
Cigna LocalPlus $14.89 ↓ -63%
Cigna NewBusiness $14.90 ↓ -63%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $15.54 ↓ -61%
Cigna HMO $16.63 ↓ -58%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $16.63 ↓ -58%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $16.63 ↓ -58%
BCBS Traditional $17.25 ↓ -57%
City of McKinney COMM $17.48 ↓ -56%
Humana COMM $17.96 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $19.43 ↓ -51%
BCBS BluePremier $19.66 ↓ -51%
Aetna ASA $20.47 ↓ -49%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $20.49 ↓ -49%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $20.49 ↓ -49%
Cigna AllOther $21.04 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $21.37 ↓ -46%
Aetna WCOMP $21.37 ↓ -46%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $21.37 ↓ -46%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $21.37 ↓ -46%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $22.53 ↓ -43%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $23.50 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $23.50 ↓ -41%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $25.25 ↓ -37%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $27.20 ↓ -32%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $27.20 ↓ -32%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $29.14 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $29.14 ↓ -27%
BCBS BlueEssentials $30.00 ↓ -25%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $30.00 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $31.08 ↓ -22%
USC Health Services COMM $31.08 ↓ -22%
BCBS EPOSOA $31.48 ↓ -21%
BCBS PPO $32.97 ↓ -17%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $33.02 ↓ -17%
Unicare MCD $38.85 ↓ -2%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $38.85 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $38.85 ↓ -2%

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Lactated ringers intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $27.00 $2.86 – $31.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $27.00 $10.50 – $31.88
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $30.00 $7.75 – $7.75
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $116.56 $22.87 – $22.87
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $27.00 $2.86 – $31.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $56.23 $2.86 – $33.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $56.23 $2.86 – $28.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $56.23 $2.86 – $33.75

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