Metered dose inhaler drug 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.

$0.72 with Superior Health Plan vs $134.48 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
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $0.72
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.72
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.72
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.72
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $0.72
Cigna IFP $1.39
Cigna QHP $1.44
Aetna QHPHIX $1.68
United OptionsPPO $1.79
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $1.95
Oscar HIX $2.14
Aetna NewBusiness $2.45
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2.52
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2.54
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $2.54
Aetna COMM $2.63
Aetna Meritain $2.63
Evry Health COMM $2.65
Cigna NewBusiness $2.71
Cigna LocalPlus $2.71
BCBS BluePremier $3.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $3.03
Cigna HMO $3.03
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3.03
Aetna OON $3.08
BCBS BlueEssentials $3.28
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $3.28
BCBS EPOSOA $3.44
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $3.47
BCBS PPO $3.60
Cigna AllOther $3.83
Prominence Health Plan HIX $4.11
Curative Administrators COMM $4.11
BCBS Traditional $4.56
Aetna ASA $5.42
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $6.22
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $6.22
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $7.20
Independent Medical Systems COMM $10.28
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $10.28
Humana COMM $27.97
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $40.34
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $40.34
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $60.52
City of McKinney COMM $60.52
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $67.24
Aetna WCOMP $73.96
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $73.96
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $73.96
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $73.96
Averde Health, Inc PPO $78.00
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $87.41
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $94.14
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $94.14
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $100.86
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $100.86
USA Managed Care COMM $107.58
USC Health Services COMM $107.58
Galaxy Health Network PPO $114.31
Unicare MCD $134.48

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Metered dose inhaler drug at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $57.68 $17.04 – $133.69
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $431.10 $4.50 – $11.84
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $57.68 $22.73 – $133.69
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $86.37 $26.80 – $116.12
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $57.68 $22.73 – $148.40
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $431.10 $2.61 – $11.84
St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine San Augustine $431.10 $2.14 – $12.32
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $57.68 $22.73 – $133.69

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