Transfusion blood/blood component(s) 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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Cash price

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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.

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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.

$30.73 with United vs $4,332.00 with Aetna — 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 $30.73
United CHIP $30.73
United STARPerinate $30.73
United STARPLUS $30.73
United STARKids $30.73
Amerigroup CHIP $32.27
Amerigroup MGMCD $32.27
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $32.27
Molina CHIP $33.80
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $33.80
Molina STAR+PLUS $33.80
Molina STARKIDS $33.80
Molina MCDSTAR $33.80
Aetna Better Health MCD $36.88
Aetna Better Health CHIP $36.88
Humana MGMCD $38.41
BCBS BluePremier $48.66
Superior Health Plan STARKids $86.44
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $86.44
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $86.44
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $86.44
Superior Health Plan CHIP $86.44
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $166.65
BCBS MyBlueHealth $166.65
Cigna IFP $166.71
Cigna QHP $172.89
BCBS BlueEssentials $214.26
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $214.26
United OptionsPPO $214.87
BCBS EPOSOA $225.11
BCBS PPO $235.62
Humana COMM $240.87
Oscar HIX $256.86
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $302.55
Evry Health COMM $318.60
Cigna NewBusiness $326.01
Cigna LocalPlus $326.01
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $364.30
Cigna HMO $364.30
Cigna NetworkBenefit $364.30
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $370.47
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $370.47
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $417.40
WellMed MGMCR $445.40
Cigna AllOther $460.62
Prominence Health Plan HIX $493.96
Curative Administrators COMM $493.96
BCBS Traditional $548.30
City of McKinney COMM $555.71
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $555.71
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $617.45
Aetna ASA $650.79
Aetna WCOMP $679.20
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $679.20
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $679.20
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $679.20
Averde Health, Inc PPO $716.24
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $747.11
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $747.11
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $802.68
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $864.43
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $864.43
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $864.43
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $926.17
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $926.17
USC Health Services COMM $987.92
USA Managed Care COMM $987.92
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,049.67
Unicare MCD $1,234.90
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,234.90
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,234.90
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,259.00
United SmallGroup $1,454.00
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00

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Transfusion blood/blood component(s) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,098.91 $30.73 – $1,373.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $1,098.91 $30.73 – $1,373.64
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $2,352.15 $30.73 – $33.19
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,775.85 $43.76 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,098.91 $30.73 – $1,373.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,085.62 $32.88 – $1,628.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,098.56 $30.73 – $1,373.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,085.62 $32.88 – $1,628.42

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