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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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.

$36.95 with United vs $488.70 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 $36.95
Amerigroup MGMCD $36.95
Amerigroup CHIP $36.95
United CHIP $36.95
United STARPerinate $36.95
United STARPLUS $36.95
United STARKids $36.95
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $38.80
Aetna Better Health CHIP $39.91
Aetna Better Health MCD $39.91
Molina STARKIDS $40.65
Molina STAR+PLUS $40.65
Molina CHIP $40.65
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $40.65
Molina MCDSTAR $40.65
WellMed MGMCR $43.77
BCBS MGMCRHMO $43.99
Devoted Health SNP $43.99
Devoted Health HMO $43.99
Humana MGMCR $43.99
Devoted Health PPO $43.99
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $43.99
United AllPayerAppendix $43.99
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $43.99
Triwest Veterans FED $43.99
Devoted Health MME $43.99
United SmallGroup $43.99
Devoted Health MCR $43.99
BCBS MCRPPO $43.99
Devoted Health POS $43.99
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $43.99
Amerigroup DualEligible $43.99
United MGMCR $44.21
Aetna MCR $44.36
Care N Care MGMCR $44.43
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $44.87
Integranet MGMCR $45.31
WellCare MGMCR $45.31
Humana Tricare $46.18
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $46.19
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $46.19
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $46.19
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $46.19
ProCare Advantge MCR $46.19
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $46.19
Humana MGMCD $46.19
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $46.19
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $46.19
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $46.63
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $46.63
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $47.61
Molina MME $47.95
Molina MCR $47.95
Molina MMP $47.95
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $48.39
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $52.79
Aetna QHPHIX $55.95
BCBS BluePremier $56.31
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $57.19
Bravo Health MCRHMO $65.98
Bravo Health MCRPPO $65.98
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $65.98
Bravo Health MCRSNP $65.98
Bravo Health MCRPOS $65.98
BCBS MyBlueHealth $76.98
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $76.98
Aetna NewBusiness $77.06
Superior ValueHMO $78.74
BCBS BlueEssentials $80.06
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $80.06
Aetna COMM $82.07
Aetna Meritain $82.07
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $83.58
BCBS EPOSOA $84.02
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $87.10
BCBS PPO $87.98
Aetna OON $96.59
Superior HMO $98.54
Superior EPO $98.54
Oscar HIX $114.37
Molina Healthcare HIX $115.25
Cigna LocalPlus $174.51
Cigna NewBusiness $174.68
Cigna HMO $195.02
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $195.02
Cigna NetworkBenefit $195.02
Cigna AllOther $246.66
Humana COMM $488.70
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 $36.95 – $86.33
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $39.59 – $169.36
CHRISTUS Children's Hospital San Antonio not published $41.06 – $163.52
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $36.21 – $181.21
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $36.95 – $181.21
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $96.06 – $191.80
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $36.21 – $181.21
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $36.21 – $181.21

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