Potassium chloride 10 meq/100ml in sterile water intravenous piggyback 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.

$0.20 with United vs $40.80 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
United AllPayerAppendix $0.20
Humana Tricare $0.20
United SmallGroup $0.20
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.20
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.21
BCBS BluePremier $0.23
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.24
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $0.24
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $0.35
BCBS BlueEssentials $0.35
BCBS EPOSOA $0.37
BCBS PPO $0.39
Cigna LocalPlus $1.03
Cigna NewBusiness $1.03
Humana COMM $1.07
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1.15
Cigna HMO $1.15
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1.15
Cigna AllOther $1.45
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $2.86
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $2.86
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.86
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.86
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.86
Cigna IFP $5.12
Cigna QHP $5.31
Aetna QHPHIX $6.18
United OptionsPPO $6.60
Aetna NewBusiness $9.03
Aetna COMM $9.71
Aetna Meritain $9.71
Aetna OON $11.38
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $12.24
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $12.24
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $12.82
Prominence Health Plan HIX $15.17
BCBS Traditional $18.11
City of McKinney COMM $18.36
Aetna ASA $19.99
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $20.40
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $22.44
Aetna WCOMP $22.44
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $22.44
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $22.44
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $22.95
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $22.95
Averde Health, Inc PPO $23.66
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $26.52
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $28.56
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $28.56
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $30.60
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $30.60
USC Health Services COMM $32.64
USA Managed Care COMM $32.64
Galaxy Health Network PPO $34.68
Independent Medical Systems COMM $37.93
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $37.93
Unicare MCD $40.80

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $97.20 $0.14 – $20.45
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $97.20 $0.14 – $20.45
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $97.20 $0.14 – $18.05
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