Red blood cells each unit at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$1,568.74
Cash price 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.
$1,568.74
Gross charge 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.
$22.11 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,021.48 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $22.11 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $22.11 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $22.11 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $22.11 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $22.11 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | IFP | $42.65 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | QHP | $44.23 | ↓ -97% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $54.97 | ↓ -96% |
| Oscar | HIX | $65.71 | ↓ -96% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $77.40 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $78.03 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $78.03 | ↓ -95% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $81.50 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $83.40 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $83.40 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $92.24 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $93.19 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | HMO | $93.19 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $93.19 | ↓ -94% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $94.77 | ↓ -94% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $94.77 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $100.77 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $100.77 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $105.83 | ↓ -93% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $106.77 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | PPO | $110.56 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $117.83 | ↓ -92% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $126.36 | ↓ -92% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $126.36 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $140.26 | ↓ -91% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $142.15 | ↓ -91% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $142.15 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $155.99 | ↓ -90% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $157.95 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | ASA | $166.48 | ↓ -89% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $173.75 | ↓ -89% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $173.75 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $173.75 | ↓ -89% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $173.75 | ↓ -89% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $183.22 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $191.12 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $191.12 | ↓ -88% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $205.34 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $214.85 | ↓ -86% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $221.13 | ↓ -86% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $221.13 | ↓ -86% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $221.13 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $228.83 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | COMM | $228.83 | ↓ -85% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $236.93 | ↓ -85% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $236.93 | ↓ -85% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $252.72 | ↓ -84% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $252.72 | ↓ -84% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $268.51 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | OON | $269.30 | ↓ -83% |
| Unicare | MCD | $315.90 | ↓ -80% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $315.90 | ↓ -80% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $315.90 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | COMM | $1,021.48 | ↓ -35% |
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Red blood cells each unit at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $414.33 | $110.49 – $517.91 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $414.33 | $140.65 – $517.91 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $414.33 | $117.39 – $517.91 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $447.32 | $92.07 – $670.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $464.14 | $92.83 – $580.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $447.32 | $140.65 – $670.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $447.32 | $231.11 – $670.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $464.14 | $140.65 – $696.20 |