Mayo dipstick analyte single step qualitative/semiqualitative synovial fluid 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.

$8.10 with United vs $94.21 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
United STAR $8.10
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.10
Amerigroup CHIP $8.10
United CHIP $8.10
United STARPerinate $8.10
United STARPLUS $8.10
United STARKids $8.10
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $8.51
Aetna Better Health CHIP $8.75
Aetna Better Health MCD $8.75
Molina STARKIDS $8.91
Molina STAR+PLUS $8.91
Molina CHIP $8.91
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $8.91
Molina MCDSTAR $8.91
WellMed MGMCR $9.59
BCBS MGMCRHMO $9.64
Devoted Health SNP $9.64
Devoted Health HMO $9.64
Humana MGMCR $9.64
Devoted Health PPO $9.64
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $9.64
United AllPayerAppendix $9.64
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.64
Triwest Veterans FED $9.64
Devoted Health MME $9.64
United SmallGroup $9.64
Devoted Health MCR $9.64
BCBS MCRPPO $9.64
Devoted Health POS $9.64
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $9.64
Amerigroup DualEligible $9.64
United MGMCR $9.69
Aetna MCR $9.72
Care N Care MGMCR $9.74
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $9.83
Integranet MGMCR $9.93
WellCare MGMCR $9.93
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $10.12
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $10.12
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $10.12
Humana Tricare $10.12
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $10.12
ProCare Advantge MCR $10.12
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $10.12
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $10.12
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $10.12
Humana MGMCD $10.13
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $10.22
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $10.22
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $10.43
Molina MME $10.51
Molina MCR $10.51
Molina MMP $10.51
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $10.60
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $11.57
Aetna QHPHIX $12.25
BCBS BluePremier $12.34
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $12.53
Bravo Health MCRHMO $14.46
Bravo Health MCRPPO $14.46
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $14.46
Bravo Health MCRSNP $14.46
Bravo Health MCRPOS $14.46
BCBS MyBlueHealth $16.87
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $16.87
Aetna NewBusiness $16.88
Superior ValueHMO $17.26
BCBS BlueEssentials $17.54
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $17.54
Aetna COMM $17.98
Aetna Meritain $17.98
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $18.32
BCBS EPOSOA $18.41
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $19.09
BCBS PPO $19.28
Aetna OON $21.15
Superior HMO $21.59
Superior EPO $21.59
Oscar HIX $25.06
Molina Healthcare HIX $25.26
Cigna LocalPlus $37.57
Cigna NewBusiness $37.61
Cigna HMO $41.99
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $41.99
Cigna NetworkBenefit $41.99
Cigna AllOther $53.10
Humana COMM $94.21
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Mayo dipstick analyte single step qualitative/semiqualitative synovial fluid at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $8.10 – $16.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $135.63 $12.00 – $203.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $135.63 $8.10 – $169.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $135.63 $8.67 – $203.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $135.63 $8.00 – $203.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $135.63 $8.10 – $203.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $135.63 $8.10 – $169.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $135.63 $8.10 – $203.44

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