Plasma volume multiple 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.

$73.18 with Amerigroup vs $2,938.37 with United — 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
Amerigroup MGMCD $73.18
United STAR $73.18
United STARPerinate $73.18
United STARPLUS $73.18
Amerigroup CHIP $73.18
United CHIP $73.18
United STARKids $73.18
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $76.84
BCBS BluePremier $78.91
Aetna Better Health MCD $79.03
Aetna Better Health CHIP $79.03
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $80.50
Molina CHIP $80.50
Molina STAR+PLUS $80.50
Molina STARKIDS $80.50
Molina MCDSTAR $80.50
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $86.87
BCBS MyBlueHealth $86.87
Humana MGMCD $91.48
Aetna QHPHIX $107.70
Aetna NewBusiness $147.67
Aetna COMM $158.18
Aetna Meritain $158.18
Aetna OON $185.53
BCBS BlueEssentials $257.95
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $257.95
BCBS EPOSOA $270.54
BCBS PPO $283.14
Humana COMM $284.21
United SmallGroup $1,623.62
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,623.62
United AllPayerAppendix $2,938.37

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Plasma volume multiple at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $73.18 – $79.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,964.02 $222.80 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,982.90 $91.89 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,964.02 $98.32 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,964.02 $91.89 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,982.90 $91.89 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $1,964.02 $91.89 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $1,964.02 $91.89 – $3,517.62

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