Cine/video x-rays 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

$979.56

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.

$979.56

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.

$68.57 with Superior Health Plan vs $979.56 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $68.57 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $68.57 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $68.57 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $68.57 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $68.57 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75 ↓ -89%
United CHIP $104.75 ↓ -89%
United STAR $104.75 ↓ -89%
United STARKids $104.75 ↓ -89%
United STARPLUS $104.75 ↓ -89%
United STARPerinate $104.75 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup CHIP $104.75 ↓ -89%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $109.99 ↓ -89%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $113.13 ↓ -88%
Aetna Better Health MCD $113.13 ↓ -88%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $115.23 ↓ -88%
Molina CHIP $115.23 ↓ -88%
Molina STAR+PLUS $115.23 ↓ -88%
Molina STARKIDS $115.23 ↓ -88%
Molina MCDSTAR $115.23 ↓ -88%
Humana MGMCD $130.94 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $132.24 ↓ -87%
BCBS BluePremier $133.38 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $137.14 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82 ↓ -85%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82 ↓ -85%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -84%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -84%
Aetna QHPHIX $163.74 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $170.44 ↓ -83%
Aetna NewBusiness $224.50 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $239.99 ↓ -76%
Aetna Meritain $240.49 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMM $240.49 ↓ -75%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $252.73 ↓ -74%
Aetna OON $282.06 ↓ -71%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $293.87 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $293.87 ↓ -70%
Humana COMM $300.32 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $331.09 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $391.82 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $391.82 ↓ -60%
Cigna LocalPlus $395.73 ↓ -60%
Cigna NewBusiness $396.11 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $434.92 ↓ -56%
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99 ↓ -55%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $440.80 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $440.80 ↓ -55%
Cigna HMO $442.23 ↓ -55%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $442.23 ↓ -55%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $442.23 ↓ -55%
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29 ↓ -53%
BCBS PPO $478.58 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $489.78 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $516.23 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $538.76 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $538.76 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $538.76 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $538.76 ↓ -45%
Cigna AllOther $559.34 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $568.14 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $592.63 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $592.63 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $636.71 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $685.69 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $685.69 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $685.69 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $734.67 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $734.67 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $783.65 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $783.65 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $832.63 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $979.56 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $979.56 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $979.56 ↑ +0%

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