Red cell survival study at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
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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.
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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.
$121.80 with BCBS vs $848.52 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.
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 |
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| BCBS | BluePremier | $121.80 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $123.30 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $123.30 | — |
| United | STAR | $123.30 | — |
| United | STARKids | $123.30 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $123.30 | — |
| United | CHIP | $123.30 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $123.30 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $129.47 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $133.16 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $133.16 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $134.08 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $134.08 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $135.63 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $135.63 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $135.63 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $135.63 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $135.63 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $154.13 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $166.63 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $228.47 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $244.74 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $244.74 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $287.05 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $398.14 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $398.14 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $417.59 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $437.03 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $463.47 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $471.74 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $471.74 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $848.52 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Red cell survival study at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | not published | $123.30 – $133.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $815.35 | $167.83 – $1,223.02 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $856.11 | $124.63 – $1,070.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $815.35 | $133.35 – $1,223.02 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $815.35 | $124.63 – $1,223.02 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $856.11 | $124.63 – $1,284.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $815.35 | $124.63 – $1,021.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $815.35 | $124.63 – $1,223.02 |