Chest X-ray (single view) at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$902.28
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.
$902.28
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.
$25.73 with United vs $902.28 with Unicare — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | STARPerinate | $25.73 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $25.73 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STAR | $25.73 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARKids | $25.73 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARPLUS | $25.73 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $25.73 | ↓ -97% |
| United | CHIP | $25.73 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $27.02 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $27.79 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $27.79 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | CHIP | $28.30 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $28.30 | ↓ -97% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $28.30 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $28.30 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $28.30 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $28.47 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $32.16 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $39.03 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | COMM | $41.81 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $41.81 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | OON | $49.04 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | COMM | $51.08 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $63.16 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $63.16 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $63.16 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $63.16 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $63.16 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $69.56 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $69.62 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | HMO | $77.73 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $77.73 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $77.73 | ↓ -91% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $83.86 | ↓ -91% |
| United | SmallGroup | $83.86 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $94.97 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $98.31 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $104.55 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $104.55 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | IFP | $121.81 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $126.32 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $157.00 | ↓ -83% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $182.03 | ↓ -80% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $221.06 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $232.79 | ↓ -74% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $270.68 | ↓ -70% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $270.68 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $304.97 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $310.46 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $310.46 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $325.62 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS | PPO | $340.79 | ↓ -62% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $360.91 | ↓ -60% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $360.91 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $400.61 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $406.03 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $406.03 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $451.14 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $475.50 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $496.25 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $496.25 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $496.25 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $496.25 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $523.32 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $545.88 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $545.88 | ↓ -39% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $586.48 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $631.60 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $631.60 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $631.60 | ↓ -30% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $676.71 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $676.71 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $721.82 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $721.82 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $766.94 | ↓ -15% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $902.28 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $902.28 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $902.28 | ↑ +0% |
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Chest X-ray (single view) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $220.04 | $25.73 – $275.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $220.04 | $25.73 – $275.06 |
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | $383.10 | $25.73 – $27.79 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $687.73 | $307.27 – $307.27 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $220.04 | $25.73 – $275.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $327.08 | $67.32 – $490.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $349.81 | $25.73 – $437.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $327.08 | $27.53 – $490.62 |