Abdominal CT scan (without contrast) 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

$6,346.13

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.

$6,346.13

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.

$104.75 with Amerigroup vs $6,346.13 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.

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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
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $104.75 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $104.75 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $104.75 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $104.75 ↓ -98%
United STAR $104.75 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $104.75 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $109.99 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $113.13 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $113.13 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $115.23 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $115.23 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $115.23 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $115.23 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $115.23 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $130.94 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $141.22 ↓ -98%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $141.22 ↓ -98%
BCBS BluePremier $145.70 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -96%
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $350.00 ↓ -94%
Humana COMM $361.57 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $444.23 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $444.23 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $444.23 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $444.23 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $444.23 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $478.58 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPHIX $584.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna NewBusiness $800.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna Meritain $856.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMM $856.00 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $856.73 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $888.46 ↓ -86%
Aetna OON $1,006.00 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $1,104.23 ↓ -83%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $1,903.84 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $1,903.84 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,144.99 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $2,538.45 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $2,817.68 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,855.76 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $2,855.76 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,173.07 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $3,344.41 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,490.37 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,490.37 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $3,490.37 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,490.37 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,680.76 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $3,839.41 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $3,839.41 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $4,124.98 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $4,442.29 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $4,442.29 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $4,759.60 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,759.60 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $5,076.90 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $5,076.90 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $5,394.21 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $6,346.13 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $6,346.13 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $6,346.13 ↑ +0%

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Abdominal CT scan (without contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,177.28 $99.77 – $2,721.60
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