Sodium chloride 3 % ivpb at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$38.85
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.
$38.85
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.
$0.17 with United vs $38.85 with Unicare — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $0.17 | ↓ -100% |
| United | SmallGroup | $0.17 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $0.17 | ↓ -100% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $0.17 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $0.17 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $0.17 | ↓ -100% |
| Humana | COMM | $0.21 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $0.25 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $0.25 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $0.27 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | PPO | $0.28 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $1.03 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $1.03 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1.15 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $1.15 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1.15 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $1.45 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $2.67 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $2.67 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $2.67 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $2.67 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $2.67 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $5.15 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $5.34 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $6.22 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $6.44 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $7.63 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | HMO | $7.63 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | EPO | $7.63 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $9.07 | ↓ -77% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $9.53 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $9.76 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | COMM | $9.76 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | OON | $11.44 | ↓ -71% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $11.65 | ↓ -70% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $11.65 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $12.89 | ↓ -67% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $15.25 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $15.79 | ↓ -59% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $17.16 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $17.48 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | ASA | $19.26 | ↓ -50% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $19.43 | ↓ -50% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $21.37 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $21.37 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $21.37 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $21.37 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $22.42 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $22.42 | ↓ -42% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $22.53 | ↓ -42% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $25.25 | ↓ -35% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $27.20 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $27.20 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $28.60 | ↓ -26% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $29.14 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $29.14 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $31.08 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $31.08 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $32.41 | ↓ -17% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $33.02 | ↓ -15% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $38.13 | ↓ -2% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $38.13 | ↓ -2% |
| Unicare | MCD | $38.85 | ↑ +0% |
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Sodium chloride 3 % ivpb at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $31.39 | $2.88 – $15.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $31.39 | $5.04 – $15.30 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $88.19 | $0.19 – $0.19 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $31.39 | $3.06 – $15.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $31.39 | $2.22 – $16.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $31.39 | $2.16 – $13.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $31.39 | $3.47 – $16.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $31.39 | $5.58 – $16.20 |