Test pathogen(s) for platelets reference at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$365.19
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.
$365.19
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.
$25.56 with Superior Health Plan vs $365.19 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.
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 |
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| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $25.56 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $25.56 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $25.56 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $25.56 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $25.56 | ↓ -93% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $33.84 | ↓ -91% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $33.84 | ↓ -91% |
| United | SmallGroup | $33.84 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | IFP | $49.30 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $51.13 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $61.72 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $62.13 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $62.13 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $71.00 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $71.00 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $74.55 | ↓ -80% |
| Oscar | HIX | $75.96 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | PPO | $78.10 | ↓ -79% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $89.47 | ↓ -76% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $94.22 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $94.71 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | COMM | $101.26 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $101.26 | ↓ -72% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $109.56 | ↓ -70% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $109.56 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | OON | $119.90 | ↓ -67% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $123.43 | ↓ -66% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $146.08 | ↓ -60% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $146.08 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $151.19 | ↓ -59% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $155.79 | ↓ -57% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $155.94 | ↓ -57% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $164.34 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $164.34 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $164.34 | ↓ -55% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $174.10 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | HMO | $174.10 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $174.10 | ↓ -52% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $182.59 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $184.42 | ↓ -50% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $200.85 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $200.85 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $200.85 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $200.85 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $211.81 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $214.73 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $214.73 | ↓ -41% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $220.20 | ↓ -40% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $237.37 | ↓ -35% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $255.63 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $255.63 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $273.89 | ↓ -25% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $273.89 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $273.89 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $292.15 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $292.15 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $310.41 | ↓ -15% |
| Unicare | MCD | $365.19 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $365.19 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $365.19 | ↑ +0% |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $29.90 | $7.97 – $151.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $29.90 | $10.00 – $127.41 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $29.90 | $8.47 – $151.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $56.35 | $11.60 – $151.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $56.35 | $11.27 – $151.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $56.35 | $12.00 – $151.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $56.35 | $8.00 – $151.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $56.35 | $12.00 – $151.53 |