Ankle X-ray 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.

$36.75 with Amerigroup vs $1,247.13 with Unicare — 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 CHIP $36.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $36.75
United STARPerinate $36.75
United STARPLUS $36.75
United STARKids $36.75
United STAR $36.75
United CHIP $36.75
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $38.59
Aetna Better Health CHIP $39.69
Aetna Better Health MCD $39.69
Molina STARKIDS $40.43
Molina MCDSTAR $40.43
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $40.43
Molina CHIP $40.43
Molina STAR+PLUS $40.43
Humana MGMCD $45.94
Aetna QHPHIX $47.64
Aetna NewBusiness $65.32
Aetna COMM $69.97
Aetna Meritain $69.97
Aetna OON $82.07
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Superior Health Plan CHIP $87.30
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $87.30
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $87.30
Superior Health Plan STARKids $87.30
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $87.30
Humana COMM $90.94
BCBS BluePremier $94.97
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
Cigna LocalPlus $115.18
Cigna NewBusiness $115.29
Cigna HMO $128.71
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $128.71
Cigna NetworkBenefit $128.71
Cigna AllOther $162.79
Cigna IFP $168.36
Cigna QHP $174.60
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
United OptionsPPO $217.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $305.55
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
Evry Health COMM $321.76
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
BCBS PPO $340.79
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $374.14
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $374.14
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $421.53
Prominence Health Plan HIX $498.85
Curative Administrators COMM $498.85
BCBS Traditional $553.73
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $561.21
City of McKinney COMM $561.21
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $623.57
Aetna ASA $657.24
Aetna WCOMP $685.92
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $685.92
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $685.92
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $685.92
Averde Health, Inc PPO $723.34
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $754.51
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $754.51
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $810.63
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $872.99
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $872.99
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $872.99
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $935.35
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $935.35
USA Managed Care COMM $997.70
USC Health Services COMM $997.70
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,060.06
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,247.13
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,247.13
Unicare MCD $1,247.13

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Ankle X-ray at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $296.24 $36.75 – $370.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $296.24 $36.75 – $370.31
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $404.40 $36.75 – $39.69
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $663.23 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $296.24 $36.75 – $370.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $325.59 $67.02 – $488.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $356.32 $36.75 – $445.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $325.59 $39.32 – $488.38

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