Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus 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.

$0.60 with Humana vs $35.97 with Independent Medical Systems — 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
Humana Tricare $0.60
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.62
United AllPayerAppendix $1.09
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1.09
United SmallGroup $1.09
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $2.38
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.38
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.38
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $2.38
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.38
Cigna NewBusiness $4.30
Cigna LocalPlus $4.30
Cigna IFP $4.58
Cigna QHP $4.75
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $4.80
Cigna NetworkBenefit $4.80
Cigna HMO $4.80
Humana COMM $4.86
Aetna QHPHIX $5.53
United OptionsPPO $5.90
Cigna AllOther $6.07
Aetna NewBusiness $8.08
Aetna COMM $8.69
Aetna Meritain $8.69
Aetna OON $10.18
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $10.79
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $10.79
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $11.47
BCBS BluePremier $12.31
BCBS MyBlueHealth $12.83
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $12.83
Prominence Health Plan HIX $14.39
BCBS Traditional $15.06
City of McKinney COMM $16.19
Aetna ASA $17.88
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $17.98
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $18.79
BCBS BlueEssentials $18.79
BCBS EPOSOA $19.72
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $19.78
Aetna WCOMP $19.78
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $19.78
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $19.78
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $20.53
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $20.53
BCBS PPO $20.65
Averde Health, Inc PPO $20.86
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $23.38
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $25.18
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $25.18
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $26.98
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $26.98
USC Health Services COMM $28.78
USA Managed Care COMM $28.78
Galaxy Health Network PPO $30.57
Unicare MCD $35.97
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $35.97
Independent Medical Systems COMM $35.97

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $30.00 $0.77 – $21.68
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $30.00 $0.77 – $21.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $30.00 $0.77 – $22.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $30.00 $0.77 – $19.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $30.00 $0.77 – $22.95
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