Tc-99m medronate at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$535.68
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.
$535.68
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.
$31.95 with Aetna vs $535.68 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $31.95 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $37.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $37.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $37.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $37.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $37.50 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $42.86 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $43.80 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $44.68 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $44.68 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $46.92 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | COMM | $46.92 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $65.40 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $65.40 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $68.63 | ↓ -87% |
| Imaging Providers of Texas | HMOBlue | $70.00 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | PPO | $71.87 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $72.32 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $75.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $80.24 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $80.32 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | HMO | $89.64 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $89.64 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $89.64 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $93.21 | ↓ -83% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $101.78 | ↓ -81% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $106.36 | ↓ -80% |
| United | SmallGroup | $106.36 | ↓ -80% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $106.36 | ↓ -80% |
| Oscar | HIX | $111.42 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | COMM | $111.60 | ↓ -79% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $113.40 | ↓ -79% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $131.24 | ↓ -76% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $138.21 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | OON | $160.70 | ↓ -70% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $160.70 | ↓ -70% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $160.70 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $181.06 | ↓ -66% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $214.27 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $214.27 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $237.84 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $241.06 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $241.06 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $267.84 | ↓ -50% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $294.62 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $294.62 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $294.62 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $294.62 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $310.69 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $324.09 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $324.09 | ↓ -39% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $348.19 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $374.98 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $374.98 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $374.98 | ↓ -30% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $401.76 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $401.76 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $428.54 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $428.54 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $455.33 | ↓ -15% |
| Unicare | MCD | $535.68 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $535.68 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $535.68 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | ASA | not published by hospital | — |
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Tc-99m medronate at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | $41.70 | $16.90 – $16.90 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $1,048.89 | $25.38 – $151.94 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $1,099.56 | $25.38 – $151.94 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $384.78 | $14.12 – $824.52 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $61.25 | $11.66 – $175.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $82.78 | $17.87 – $425.70 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $132.45 | $27.71 – $794.70 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | $903.13 | $25.38 – $151.94 |