Methylprednisolone sodium succinate 1,000 mg 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

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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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$0.24 with Humana vs $5.13 with Unicare — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $0.24
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.25
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $0.36
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.36
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.36
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $0.36
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.36
United AllPayerAppendix $0.43
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.43
United SmallGroup $0.43
Cigna IFP $0.60
Cigna QHP $0.63
Aetna QHPHIX $0.73
United OptionsPPO $0.78
Superior HMO $0.89
Superior ValueHMO $0.89
Superior EPO $0.89
BCBS BluePremier $1.02
Aetna NewBusiness $1.06
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1.06
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1.06
Molina Healthcare HIX $1.12
Aetna Meritain $1.14
Aetna COMM $1.14
Aetna OON $1.34
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1.51
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $1.54
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $1.54
BCBS BlueEssentials $1.55
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1.55
Cigna LocalPlus $1.57
Cigna NewBusiness $1.57
BCBS EPOSOA $1.63
BCBS PPO $1.72
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1.76
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1.76
Cigna HMO $1.76
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1.79
Cigna AllOther $2.22
BCBS Traditional $2.28
City of McKinney COMM $2.31
Aetna ASA $2.36
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2.56
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2.70
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2.70
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2.82
Aetna WCOMP $2.82
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2.82
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2.82
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2.98
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $3.33
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3.59
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3.59
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3.85
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3.85
USC Health Services COMM $4.10
USA Managed Care COMM $4.10
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4.36
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4.47
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4.47
Unicare MCD $5.13

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