Artery x-rays spine at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$21,248.70
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.
$21,248.70
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.
$217.57 with Aetna vs $21,248.70 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 | $217.57 | ↓ -99% |
| United | STARKids | $250.94 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $250.94 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $250.94 | ↓ -99% |
| United | CHIP | $250.94 | ↓ -99% |
| United | STARPerinate | $250.94 | ↓ -99% |
| United | STARPLUS | $250.94 | ↓ -99% |
| United | STAR | $250.94 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $263.49 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $271.02 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $271.02 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | CHIP | $276.03 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $276.03 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $276.03 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $276.03 | ↓ -99% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $276.03 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $298.31 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $313.68 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | COMM | $319.56 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $319.56 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | OON | $374.81 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $535.89 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $536.40 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | COMM | $553.61 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $598.86 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | HMO | $598.86 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $598.86 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $757.44 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $1,487.41 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $1,487.41 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $1,487.41 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $1,487.41 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $1,487.41 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $2,868.57 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $2,974.82 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $3,697.27 | ↓ -83% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $5,205.93 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $5,469.47 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $5,482.16 | ↓ -74% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $5,757.70 | ↓ -73% |
| United | SmallGroup | $5,757.70 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $6,021.01 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $6,021.01 | ↓ -72% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $6,374.61 | ↓ -70% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $6,374.61 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $7,182.06 | ↓ -66% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $8,499.48 | ↓ -60% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $8,499.48 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $9,434.42 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $9,561.92 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $9,561.92 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $10,624.35 | ↓ -50% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $10,733.33 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | ASA | $11,198.06 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $11,686.78 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $11,686.78 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $11,686.78 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $11,686.78 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $12,324.25 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $12,855.46 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $12,855.46 | ↓ -40% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $13,811.66 | ↓ -35% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $14,874.09 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $14,874.09 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $14,874.09 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $15,936.52 | ↓ -25% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $15,936.52 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $16,998.96 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $16,998.96 | ↓ -20% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $17,879.18 | ↓ -16% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $17,879.18 | ↓ -16% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $18,061.40 | ↓ -15% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $18,752.46 | ↓ -12% |
| BCBS | PPO | $19,625.73 | ↓ -8% |
| Unicare | MCD | $21,248.70 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $21,248.70 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $21,248.70 | ↑ +0% |
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Artery x-rays spine at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $4,094.60 | $250.94 – $13,613.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $4,094.60 | $250.94 – $12,018.16 |
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | $3,267.30 | $250.94 – $271.02 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $4,094.60 | $250.94 – $13,613.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $4,255.45 | $875.91 – $13,613.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $6,385.15 | $250.94 – $13,613.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $4,255.45 | $268.51 – $13,613.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $4,255.45 | $250.94 – $13,613.39 |