Potassium hydroxide preps 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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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.

$5.80 with WellMed vs $41.71 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
WellMed MGMCR $5.80
United AllPayerAppendix $5.83
Devoted Health HMO $5.83
Devoted Health POS $5.83
Devoted Health MCR $5.83
Devoted Health MME $5.83
Triwest Veterans FED $5.83
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $5.83
Devoted Health PPO $5.83
Humana MGMCR $5.83
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.83
Devoted Health SNP $5.83
BCBS MGMCRHMO $5.83
United SmallGroup $5.83
BCBS MCRPPO $5.83
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $5.83
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.83
United MGMCR $5.86
Aetna MCR $5.88
Care N Care MGMCR $5.89
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $5.95
Integranet MGMCR $6.00
WellCare MGMCR $6.00
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $6.12
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $6.12
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $6.12
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $6.12
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $6.12
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $6.12
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $6.12
ProCare Advantge MCR $6.12
Humana Tricare $6.12
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $6.18
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $6.18
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $6.31
Molina MME $6.35
Molina MMP $6.35
Molina MCR $6.35
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $6.41
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $7.00
Aetna QHPHIX $7.42
BCBS BluePremier $7.46
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $7.58
Bravo Health MCRPPO $8.75
Bravo Health MCRPOS $8.75
Bravo Health MCRHMO $8.75
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $8.75
Bravo Health MCRSNP $8.75
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10.20
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $10.20
Aetna NewBusiness $10.22
Superior ValueHMO $10.44
BCBS BlueEssentials $10.61
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $10.61
Aetna Meritain $10.88
Aetna COMM $10.88
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $11.08
BCBS EPOSOA $11.14
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $11.54
BCBS PPO $11.66
Aetna OON $12.81
Superior EPO $13.06
Superior HMO $13.06
Oscar HIX $15.16
Molina Healthcare HIX $15.27
Cigna LocalPlus $22.81
Cigna NewBusiness $22.83
Cigna NetworkBenefit $25.49
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $25.49
Cigna HMO $25.49
Cigna AllOther $32.24
Humana COMM $41.71

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Potassium hydroxide preps at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $8.37 – $8.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $51.47 $10.60 – $77.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $51.47 $5.54 – $64.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $51.47 $5.54 – $77.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $51.47 $8.00 – $77.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $51.47 $5.54 – $77.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $51.47 $5.54 – $64.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $51.47 $5.54 – $77.21

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