Warde vitamin c (ascorbic acid) 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

$24.28

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.

$24.28

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.

$1.70 with Superior Health Plan vs $109.78 with Humana — 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.70 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.70 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.70 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $1.70 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $1.70 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $3.28 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $3.40 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $4.22 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5.95 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $6.26 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $7.28 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $7.28 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $8.21 ↓ -66%
United STARKids $8.31 ↓ -66%
United STAR $8.31 ↓ -66%
United STARPerinate $8.31 ↓ -66%
United CHIP $8.31 ↓ -66%
United STARPLUS $8.31 ↓ -66%
Amerigroup CHIP $8.31 ↓ -66%
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.31 ↓ -66%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $8.73 ↓ -64%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $8.97 ↓ -63%
Aetna Better Health MCD $8.97 ↓ -63%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $9.14 ↓ -62%
Molina CHIP $9.14 ↓ -62%
Molina STAR+PLUS $9.14 ↓ -62%
Molina STARKIDS $9.14 ↓ -62%
Molina MCDSTAR $9.14 ↓ -62%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $9.71 ↓ -60%
WellMed MGMCR $9.84 ↓ -59%
Devoted Health POS $9.89 ↓ -59%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $9.89 ↓ -59%
Devoted Health HMO $9.89 ↓ -59%
Devoted Health SNP $9.89 ↓ -59%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.89 ↓ -59%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.89 ↓ -59%
Triwest Veterans FED $9.89 ↓ -59%
United SmallGroup $9.89 ↓ -59%
Humana MGMCR $9.89 ↓ -59%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $9.89 ↓ -59%
Amerigroup DualEligible $9.89 ↓ -59%
Devoted Health PPO $9.89 ↓ -59%
Devoted Health MME $9.89 ↓ -59%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.89 ↓ -59%
Devoted Health MCR $9.89 ↓ -59%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $9.89 ↓ -59%
United MGMCR $9.94 ↓ -59%
Aetna MCR $9.97 ↓ -59%
Care N Care MGMCR $9.99 ↓ -59%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $10.09 ↓ -58%
WellCare MGMCR $10.19 ↓ -58%
Integranet MGMCR $10.19 ↓ -58%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $10.38 ↓ -57%
Humana Tricare $10.38 ↓ -57%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $10.38 ↓ -57%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $10.38 ↓ -57%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $10.38 ↓ -57%
ProCare Advantge MCR $10.38 ↓ -57%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $10.38 ↓ -57%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $10.38 ↓ -57%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $10.38 ↓ -57%
Humana MGMCD $10.39 ↓ -57%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $10.48 ↓ -57%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $10.48 ↓ -57%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $10.70 ↓ -56%
Molina MCR $10.78 ↓ -56%
Molina MMP $10.78 ↓ -56%
Molina MME $10.78 ↓ -56%
BCBS Traditional $10.78 ↓ -56%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $10.88 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $10.93 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $10.93 ↓ -55%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $11.87 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $12.14 ↓ -50%
Aetna QHPHIX $12.57 ↓ -48%
BCBS BluePremier $12.66 ↓ -48%
Aetna ASA $12.80 ↓ -47%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $12.86 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $13.35 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $13.35 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $13.35 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $13.35 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $14.08 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $14.69 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $14.69 ↓ -39%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $14.84 ↓ -39%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $14.84 ↓ -39%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $14.84 ↓ -39%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $14.84 ↓ -39%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $14.84 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $15.78 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $17.00 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $17.00 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $17.00 ↓ -30%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $17.31 ↓ -29%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $17.31 ↓ -29%
Aetna NewBusiness $17.32 ↓ -29%
Superior ValueHMO $17.70 ↓ -27%
BCBS BlueEssentials $18.00 ↓ -26%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $18.00 ↓ -26%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $18.21 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $18.21 ↓ -25%
Aetna COMM $18.44 ↓ -24%
Aetna Meritain $18.44 ↓ -24%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $18.79 ↓ -23%
BCBS EPOSOA $18.89 ↓ -22%
USA Managed Care COMM $19.42 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $19.42 ↓ -20%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $19.58 ↓ -19%
BCBS PPO $19.78 ↓ -19%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $20.64 ↓ -15%
Aetna OON $21.70 ↓ -11%
Superior HMO $22.15 ↓ -9%
Superior EPO $22.15 ↓ -9%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $24.28 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $24.28 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $24.28 ↑ +0%
Oscar HIX $25.71 ↑ +6%
Molina Healthcare HIX $25.91 ↑ +7%
Cigna LocalPlus $38.95 ↑ +60%
Cigna NewBusiness $38.99 ↑ +61%
Cigna HMO $43.52 ↑ +79%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $43.52 ↑ +79%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $43.52 ↑ +79%
Cigna AllOther $55.05 ↑ +127%
Humana COMM $109.78 ↑ +352%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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