Whole blood for transfusion at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$2,697.75
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.
$2,697.75
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.
$57.81 with Aetna vs $2,697.75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $57.81 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $79.63 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | COMM | $84.81 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $84.81 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | OON | $99.81 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $188.84 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $188.84 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $188.84 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $188.84 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $188.84 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $364.20 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $377.69 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $469.41 | ↓ -83% |
| Oscar | HIX | $561.13 | ↓ -79% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $660.95 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $666.34 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $666.34 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $696.02 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $712.21 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $712.21 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $787.74 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | HMO | $795.84 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $795.84 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $795.84 | ↓ -70% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $809.33 | ↓ -70% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $809.33 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $860.58 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $860.58 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $903.75 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $911.84 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | PPO | $944.21 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $1,006.26 | ↓ -63% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $1,079.10 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,079.10 | ↓ -60% |
| Humana | COMM | $1,122.56 | ↓ -58% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,197.80 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,213.99 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,213.99 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,348.88 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,421.71 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,483.76 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,483.76 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,483.76 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,483.76 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,564.69 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $1,632.14 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $1,632.14 | ↓ -39% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $1,753.54 | ↓ -35% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $1,888.42 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $1,888.42 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $1,888.42 | ↓ -30% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $2,023.31 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,023.31 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $2,158.20 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $2,158.20 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $2,293.09 | ↓ -15% |
| Unicare | MCD | $2,697.75 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,697.75 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $2,697.75 | ↑ +0% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $487.92 | $130.11 – $609.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $487.92 | $177.33 – $609.90 |
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | $816.30 | $672.56 – $672.56 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $487.92 | $138.24 – $609.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $485.68 | $99.97 – $728.51 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $509.96 | $101.99 – $637.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $485.68 | $155.90 – $728.51 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $485.68 | $250.93 – $728.51 |