Cerebrospinal fld flw imag 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

$6,753.38

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.

$6,753.38

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.

$300.39 with United vs $6,753.38 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 STARPerinate $300.39 ↓ -96%
United STARKids $300.39 ↓ -96%
United CHIP $300.39 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $300.39 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup CHIP $300.39 ↓ -96%
United STAR $300.39 ↓ -96%
United STARPLUS $300.39 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $315.41 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $324.42 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MCD $324.42 ↓ -95%
Molina CHIP $330.43 ↓ -95%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $330.43 ↓ -95%
Molina STARKIDS $330.43 ↓ -95%
Molina STAR+PLUS $330.43 ↓ -95%
Molina MCDSTAR $330.43 ↓ -95%
BCBS BluePremier $367.97 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCD $375.49 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $405.08 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $405.08 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPHIX $470.37 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $472.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $472.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $472.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $472.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $472.74 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $611.66 ↓ -91%
United SmallGroup $611.66 ↓ -91%
Aetna NewBusiness $644.93 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMM $690.86 ↓ -90%
Aetna Meritain $690.86 ↓ -90%
Aetna OON $810.29 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $911.71 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $945.47 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $1,175.09 ↓ -83%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,202.87 ↓ -82%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,202.87 ↓ -82%
Humana COMM $1,245.41 ↓ -82%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,261.62 ↓ -81%
BCBS PPO $1,320.37 ↓ -80%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,654.58 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $1,742.37 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $2,026.01 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $2,026.01 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,282.64 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $2,701.35 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,701.35 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $2,998.50 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $3,039.02 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $3,039.02 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,376.69 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $3,559.03 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,714.36 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $3,714.36 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,714.36 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,714.36 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,916.96 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $4,085.79 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $4,085.79 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $4,389.70 ↓ -35%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $4,727.37 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $4,727.37 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $4,727.37 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $5,065.03 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,065.03 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $5,402.70 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $5,402.70 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $5,740.37 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $6,753.38 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $6,753.38 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $6,753.38 ↑ +0%

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