Brain image w/flow 4 + views 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

$5,453.06

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.

$5,453.06

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.

$304.73 with United vs $5,453.06 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
United STAR $304.73 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $304.73 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup CHIP $304.73 ↓ -94%
United STARPerinate $304.73 ↓ -94%
United STARPLUS $304.73 ↓ -94%
United CHIP $304.73 ↓ -94%
United STARKids $304.73 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $319.97 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MCD $329.11 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $329.11 ↓ -94%
Molina STARKIDS $335.20 ↓ -94%
Molina MCDSTAR $335.20 ↓ -94%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $335.20 ↓ -94%
Molina CHIP $335.20 ↓ -94%
Molina STAR+PLUS $335.20 ↓ -94%
BCBS BluePremier $369.26 ↓ -93%
Humana MGMCD $380.91 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $381.71 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $381.71 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $381.71 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $381.71 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $381.71 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $406.49 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $406.49 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $471.50 ↓ -91%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $611.66 ↓ -89%
United SmallGroup $611.66 ↓ -89%
Aetna NewBusiness $646.47 ↓ -88%
Aetna Meritain $692.52 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMM $692.52 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $736.16 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $763.43 ↓ -86%
Aetna OON $812.23 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $948.83 ↓ -83%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -80%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,207.07 ↓ -78%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,207.07 ↓ -78%
Humana COMM $1,248.27 ↓ -77%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,266.02 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $1,324.98 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,336.00 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $1,406.89 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $1,635.92 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $1,635.92 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,843.13 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $2,181.22 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,181.22 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $2,421.16 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $2,453.88 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,453.88 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,726.53 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $2,873.76 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,999.18 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $2,999.18 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,999.18 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,999.18 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,162.77 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $3,299.10 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $3,299.10 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $3,544.49 ↓ -35%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,817.14 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,817.14 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,817.14 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $4,089.80 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,089.80 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $4,362.45 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $4,362.45 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4,635.10 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $5,453.06 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $5,453.06 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,453.06 ↑ +0%

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