Placental lactogen 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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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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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.

$16.98 with United vs $224.69 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 $16.98
Amerigroup MGMCD $16.98
Amerigroup CHIP $16.98
United CHIP $16.98
United STARPerinate $16.98
United STARPLUS $16.98
United STARKids $16.98
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $17.83
Aetna Better Health CHIP $18.34
Aetna Better Health MCD $18.34
Molina STARKIDS $18.68
Molina STAR+PLUS $18.68
Molina CHIP $18.68
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $18.68
Molina MCDSTAR $18.68
WellMed MGMCR $20.12
BCBS MGMCRHMO $20.22
Devoted Health SNP $20.22
Devoted Health HMO $20.22
Humana MGMCR $20.22
Devoted Health PPO $20.22
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $20.22
United AllPayerAppendix $20.22
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $20.22
Triwest Veterans FED $20.22
Devoted Health MME $20.22
United SmallGroup $20.22
Devoted Health MCR $20.22
BCBS MCRPPO $20.22
Devoted Health POS $20.22
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $20.22
Amerigroup DualEligible $20.22
United MGMCR $20.32
Aetna MCR $20.39
Care N Care MGMCR $20.42
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $20.62
Integranet MGMCR $20.83
WellCare MGMCR $20.83
Humana Tricare $21.22
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $21.23
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $21.23
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $21.23
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $21.23
ProCare Advantge MCR $21.23
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $21.23
Humana MGMCD $21.23
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $21.23
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $21.23
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $21.43
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $21.43
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $21.88
Molina MME $22.04
Molina MCR $22.04
Molina MMP $22.04
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $22.24
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $24.26
Aetna QHPHIX $25.72
BCBS BluePremier $25.88
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $26.29
Bravo Health MCRHMO $30.33
Bravo Health MCRPPO $30.33
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $30.33
Bravo Health MCRSNP $30.33
Bravo Health MCRPOS $30.33
BCBS MyBlueHealth $35.38
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $35.38
Aetna NewBusiness $35.42
Superior ValueHMO $36.19
BCBS BlueEssentials $36.80
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $36.80
Aetna COMM $37.72
Aetna Meritain $37.72
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $38.42
BCBS EPOSOA $38.62
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $40.04
BCBS PPO $40.44
Aetna OON $44.40
Superior HMO $45.29
Superior EPO $45.29
Oscar HIX $52.57
Molina Healthcare HIX $52.98
Cigna LocalPlus $80.56
Cigna NewBusiness $80.64
Cigna HMO $90.03
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $90.03
Cigna NetworkBenefit $90.03
Cigna AllOther $113.87
Humana COMM $224.69
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Placental lactogen at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $207.64 $10.00 – $259.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $207.64 $10.00 – $259.55
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $16.98 – $39.67
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $207.64 $10.00 – $259.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $207.64 $12.00 – $311.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $207.64 $12.00 – $259.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $207.64 $12.00 – $311.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $207.64 $8.00 – $311.45

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