Renin stimulation panel 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.

$175.83 with United vs $1,883.52 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
United STAR $175.83
Amerigroup MGMCD $175.83
Amerigroup CHIP $175.83
United CHIP $175.83
United STARPerinate $175.83
United STARPLUS $175.83
United STARKids $175.83
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $184.62
Aetna Better Health CHIP $189.90
Aetna Better Health MCD $189.90
Molina STARKIDS $193.41
Molina STAR+PLUS $193.41
Molina CHIP $193.41
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $193.41
Molina MCDSTAR $193.41
WellMed MGMCR $208.27
BCBS MGMCRHMO $209.32
Devoted Health SNP $209.32
Devoted Health HMO $209.32
Humana MGMCR $209.32
Devoted Health PPO $209.32
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $209.32
United AllPayerAppendix $209.32
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $209.32
Triwest Veterans FED $209.32
Devoted Health MME $209.32
United SmallGroup $209.32
Devoted Health MCR $209.32
BCBS MCRPPO $209.32
Devoted Health POS $209.32
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $209.32
Amerigroup DualEligible $209.32
United MGMCR $210.37
Aetna MCR $211.10
Care N Care MGMCR $211.41
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $213.51
Integranet MGMCR $215.60
WellCare MGMCR $215.60
Humana Tricare $219.75
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $219.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $219.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $219.79
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $219.79
ProCare Advantge MCR $219.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $219.79
Humana MGMCD $219.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $219.79
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $219.79
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $221.88
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $221.88
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $226.55
Molina MME $228.16
Molina MCR $228.16
Molina MMP $228.16
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $230.25
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $251.18
Aetna QHPHIX $266.25
BCBS BluePremier $267.93
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $272.12
Bravo Health MCRHMO $313.98
Bravo Health MCRPPO $313.98
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $313.98
Bravo Health MCRSNP $313.98
Bravo Health MCRPOS $313.98
BCBS MyBlueHealth $366.31
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $366.31
Aetna NewBusiness $366.72
Superior ValueHMO $374.68
BCBS BlueEssentials $380.96
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $380.96
Aetna COMM $390.58
Aetna Meritain $390.58
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $397.71
BCBS EPOSOA $399.80
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $414.45
BCBS PPO $418.64
Aetna OON $459.66
Superior HMO $468.88
Superior EPO $468.88
Oscar HIX $544.23
Molina Healthcare HIX $548.42
Cigna LocalPlus $829.62
Cigna NewBusiness $830.42
Cigna HMO $927.11
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $927.11
Cigna NetworkBenefit $927.11
Cigna AllOther $1,172.61
Humana COMM $1,883.52
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Renin stimulation panel at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $175.83 – $258.99
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $188.39 – $805.88
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $175.83 – $490.56
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $172.31 – $861.45
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $175.83 – $861.45
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $457.17 – $912.64
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $172.31 – $861.45
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $172.31 – $861.45

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