Artery x-rays lungs 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.

$121.19 with Aetna vs $11,945.72 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 $121.19
United STAR $147.69
Amerigroup MGMCD $147.69
Amerigroup CHIP $147.69
United STARPerinate $147.69
United STARPLUS $147.69
United STARKids $147.69
United CHIP $147.69
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $155.07
Aetna Better Health MCD $159.51
Aetna Better Health CHIP $159.51
Molina STAR+PLUS $162.46
Molina CHIP $162.46
Molina STARKIDS $162.46
Molina MCDSTAR $162.46
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $162.46
Aetna NewBusiness $166.16
Aetna Meritain $178.00
Aetna COMM $178.00
Humana MGMCD $184.61
Aetna OON $208.77
Cigna LocalPlus $290.77
Cigna NewBusiness $291.05
Cigna NetworkBenefit $324.94
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $324.94
Cigna HMO $324.94
Humana COMM $353.00
Cigna AllOther $410.99
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $836.20
Superior Health Plan STARKids $836.20
Superior Health Plan CHIP $836.20
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $836.20
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $836.20
Cigna IFP $1,612.67
Cigna QHP $1,672.40
United OptionsPPO $2,078.56
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,926.70
Evry Health COMM $3,082.00
BCBS BluePremier $3,297.82
United SmallGroup $3,365.20
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3,365.20
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $3,583.72
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $3,583.72
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $3,630.38
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,630.38
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $4,037.65
Prominence Health Plan HIX $4,778.29
Curative Administrators COMM $4,778.29
BCBS Traditional $5,303.90
City of McKinney COMM $5,375.57
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $5,375.57
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $5,972.86
Aetna ASA $6,295.39
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $6,570.15
Aetna WCOMP $6,570.15
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $6,570.15
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $6,570.15
Averde Health, Inc PPO $6,928.52
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $7,227.16
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $7,227.16
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $7,764.72
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $8,362.00
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $8,362.00
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $8,362.00
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $8,959.29
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $8,959.29
USA Managed Care COMM $9,556.58
USC Health Services COMM $9,556.58
Galaxy Health Network PPO $10,153.86
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $10,780.28
BCBS BlueEssentials $10,780.28
BCBS EPOSOA $11,306.82
BCBS PPO $11,833.37
Unicare MCD $11,945.72
Independent Medical Systems COMM $11,945.72
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $11,945.72

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Artery x-rays lungs at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,535.57 $147.69 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $3,535.57 $147.69 – $6,819.52
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $3,480.00 $147.69 – $159.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,535.57 $147.69 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $4,805.17 $989.06 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,290.84 $147.69 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $4,805.17 $158.03 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $4,805.17 $147.69 – $7,896.23

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