Red blood cells frozen/deglycerolized/washed leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit 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

$2,171.85

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.

$2,171.85

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.

$152.03 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,171.85 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $152.03 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $152.03 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $152.03 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $152.03 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $152.03 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $293.20 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $304.06 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $377.90 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $451.74 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $532.10 ↓ -76%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $536.45 ↓ -75%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $536.45 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $560.34 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $573.37 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $573.37 ↓ -74%
BCBS BluePremier $634.18 ↓ -71%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $640.70 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $640.70 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $640.70 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $651.55 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $651.55 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $692.82 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentials $692.82 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $727.57 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $734.09 ↓ -66%
BCBS PPO $760.15 ↓ -65%
Cigna AllOther $810.10 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $868.74 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $868.74 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $964.30 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $977.33 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $977.33 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,085.92 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,144.56 ↓ -47%
Aetna QHPHIX $1,149.21 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,194.52 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,194.52 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,194.52 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,194.52 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,259.67 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,313.97 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,313.97 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $1,411.70 ↓ -35%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,520.30 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,520.30 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,520.30 ↓ -30%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,582.87 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,628.89 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,628.89 ↓ -25%
Aetna Meritain $1,685.87 ↓ -22%
Aetna COMM $1,685.87 ↓ -22%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,737.48 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,737.48 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,846.07 ↓ -15%
Aetna OON $1,984.01 ↓ -9%
Humana COMM $2,015.55 ↓ -7%
Unicare MCD $2,171.85 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,171.85 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,171.85 ↑ +0%

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Red blood cells frozen/deglycerolized/washed leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $943.35 $251.56 – $1,281.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $943.35 $394.83 – $1,179.19
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $1,015.95 $837.09 – $837.09
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $943.35 $267.28 – $1,281.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $992.78 $204.35 – $1,489.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $992.78 $198.56 – $1,281.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $992.78 $318.68 – $1,489.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $992.78 $512.94 – $1,489.18

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