Peng benzathine/procaine inj 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.

$15.23 with BCBS vs $233.10 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
BCBS BluePremier $15.23
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $15.87
BCBS MyBlueHealth $15.87
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $16.32
Superior Health Plan CHIP $16.32
Superior Health Plan STARKids $16.32
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $16.32
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $16.32
Humana Tricare $16.85
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $17.37
BCBS BlueEssentials $23.23
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $23.23
BCBS EPOSOA $24.38
BCBS PPO $25.53
Cigna IFP $31.47
United AllPayerAppendix $32.21
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $32.21
United SmallGroup $32.21
Cigna QHP $32.63
Aetna QHPHIX $38.00
United OptionsPPO $40.56
Aetna NewBusiness $55.48
Aetna COMM $59.67
Aetna Meritain $59.67
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $69.93
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $69.93
Aetna OON $69.93
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $78.79
Humana COMM $79.41
Prominence Health Plan HIX $93.24
BCBS Traditional $103.50
City of McKinney COMM $104.89
Cigna LocalPlus $105.11
Cigna NewBusiness $105.21
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $116.55
Cigna HMO $117.42
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $117.42
Cigna NetworkBenefit $117.42
Aetna ASA $122.84
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $128.21
Aetna WCOMP $128.21
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $128.21
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $128.21
Averde Health, Inc PPO $135.20
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $141.03
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $141.03
Cigna AllOther $148.55
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $151.51
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $163.17
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $163.17
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $174.82
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $174.82
USA Managed Care COMM $186.48
USC Health Services COMM $186.48
Galaxy Health Network PPO $198.13
Unicare MCD $233.10
Independent Medical Systems COMM $233.10
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $233.10

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Peng benzathine/procaine inj at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $477.40 $6.00 – $60.57
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $168.10 $4.14 – $480.27
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $26.59 $6.35 – $136.73
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $363.50 $5.46 – $35.06
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $168.10 $5.01 – $480.27
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $168.10 $5.01 – $480.27
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $26.59 $6.35 – $129.14
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