Artery x-rays lung 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

$7,273.16

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.

$7,273.16

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.

$119.22 with Aetna vs $11,833.37 with BCBS — 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
Aetna QHPHIX $119.22 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $129.98 ↓ -98%
United STAR $129.98 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $129.98 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $129.98 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $129.98 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $129.98 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $129.98 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $136.48 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $140.38 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $140.38 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $142.98 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $142.98 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $142.98 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $142.98 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $142.98 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $162.47 ↓ -98%
Aetna NewBusiness $163.46 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $175.10 ↓ -98%
Aetna Meritain $175.10 ↓ -98%
Aetna OON $205.37 ↓ -97%
Cigna LocalPlus $285.39 ↓ -96%
Cigna NewBusiness $285.67 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $318.93 ↓ -96%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $318.93 ↓ -96%
Cigna HMO $318.93 ↓ -96%
Humana COMM $348.74 ↓ -95%
Cigna AllOther $403.39 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $509.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $509.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $509.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $509.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $509.12 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $736.87 ↓ -90%
Cigna QHP $764.16 ↓ -89%
United OptionsPPO $949.74 ↓ -87%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,337.28 ↓ -82%
Evry Health COMM $1,408.24 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,844.91 ↓ -75%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $2,181.95 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $2,181.95 ↓ -70%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,183.32 ↓ -70%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $2,183.32 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASA $2,876.52 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $3,229.28 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $3,272.92 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $3,272.92 ↓ -55%
BCBS BluePremier $3,297.82 ↓ -55%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $3,302.27 ↓ -55%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $3,302.27 ↓ -55%
United SmallGroup $3,365.20 ↓ -54%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3,365.20 ↓ -54%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $3,630.38 ↓ -50%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,630.38 ↓ -50%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,636.58 ↓ -50%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,820.81 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $4,000.24 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $4,000.24 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $4,000.24 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $4,000.24 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4,218.43 ↓ -42%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $4,727.55 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $5,091.21 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $5,091.21 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $5,454.87 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,454.87 ↓ -25%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,458.30 ↓ -25%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $5,458.30 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $5,818.53 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $5,818.53 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $6,182.19 ↓ -15%
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74 ↓ -11%
Unicare MCD $7,273.16 ↑ +0%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $10,780.28 ↑ +48%
BCBS BlueEssentials $10,780.28 ↑ +48%
BCBS EPOSOA $11,306.82 ↑ +55%
BCBS PPO $11,833.37 ↑ +63%

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Artery x-rays lung at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,150.00 $129.98 – $7,896.23
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