Melphalan oral 2 mg 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

$203.56

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.

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$203.56

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.

$7.72 with United vs $203.56 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 AllPayerAppendix $7.72 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $7.72 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7.72 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $14.25 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $14.25 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $14.25 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $14.25 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $14.25 ↓ -93%
BCBS BluePremier $23.27 ↓ -89%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $24.25 ↓ -88%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $24.25 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $27.48 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $28.50 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $33.18 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $35.42 ↓ -83%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $35.50 ↓ -83%
BCBS BlueEssentials $35.50 ↓ -83%
BCBS EPOSOA $37.26 ↓ -82%
BCBS PPO $39.02 ↓ -81%
Aetna NewBusiness $48.45 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMM $52.11 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $52.11 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $56.52 ↓ -72%
Cigna NewBusiness $56.57 ↓ -72%
Aetna OON $61.07 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $61.07 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $61.07 ↓ -70%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $63.14 ↓ -69%
Cigna HMO $63.14 ↓ -69%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $63.14 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $68.80 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $79.88 ↓ -61%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $81.42 ↓ -60%
Humana COMM $85.84 ↓ -58%
BCBS Traditional $90.38 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $91.60 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $101.78 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $107.28 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $111.96 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $111.96 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $111.96 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $111.96 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $118.06 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $123.15 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $123.15 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $132.31 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $142.49 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $142.49 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $152.67 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $152.67 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $162.85 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $162.85 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $173.03 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $203.56 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $203.56 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $203.56 ↑ +0%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $16.58 $4.42 – $23.49
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