Contrast baths charges 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

$330.06

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.

$330.06

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.

$12.81 with Humana vs $330.06 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.

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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
Humana Tricare $12.81 ↓ -96%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $13.21 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.21 ↓ -96%
BCBS MGMCRHMO $13.21 ↓ -96%
WellMed MGMCR $13.59 ↓ -96%
Triwest Veterans FED $13.66 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCR $13.66 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup DualEligible $13.66 ↓ -96%
TriWest Veterans FEDERAL $13.66 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health HMO $13.66 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health POS $13.66 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MCR $13.66 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MME $13.66 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health PPO $13.66 ↓ -96%
Mutual of Omaha MGMCR $13.66 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health SNP $13.66 ↓ -96%
United MGMCR $13.73 ↓ -96%
Aetna MCR $13.78 ↓ -96%
Care N Care MGMCR $13.80 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCR $13.93 ↓ -96%
Integranet MGMCR $14.07 ↓ -96%
WellCare MGMCR $14.07 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRSNP $14.34 ↓ -96%
American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. MGMCR $14.34 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRHMO $14.34 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPPO $14.34 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRDualEligible $14.34 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPFFS $14.34 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MGMCRPOS $14.34 ↓ -96%
ProCare Advantge MCR $14.34 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan MCR $14.48 ↓ -96%
Texas Independent Health Plan MGMCR $14.48 ↓ -96%
Molina MME $14.89 ↓ -95%
Molina MCR $14.89 ↓ -95%
Molina MMP $14.89 ↓ -95%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $15.03 ↓ -95%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $16.39 ↓ -95%
Verda Health Plan MGMCR $17.76 ↓ -95%
Bravo Health MCRPFFS $20.49 ↓ -94%
Bravo Health MCRHMO $20.49 ↓ -94%
Bravo Health MCRPOS $20.49 ↓ -94%
Bravo Health MCRPPO $20.49 ↓ -94%
Bravo Health MCRSNP $20.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $23.10 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $23.10 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $23.10 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $23.10 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $23.10 ↓ -93%
Superior ValueHMO $24.45 ↓ -93%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $25.95 ↓ -92%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $27.05 ↓ -92%
Superior HMO $30.60 ↓ -91%
Superior EPO $30.60 ↓ -91%
Molina Healthcare HIX $35.79 ↓ -89%
BCBS BluePremier $36.58 ↓ -89%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $42.63 ↓ -87%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $42.63 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $44.56 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $46.21 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $57.43 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $68.65 ↓ -79%
BCBS BlueEssentials $75.48 ↓ -77%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $75.48 ↓ -77%
BCBS EPOSOA $79.20 ↓ -76%
BCBS PPO $82.92 ↓ -75%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $99.02 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $99.02 ↓ -70%
Aetna QHPHIX $106.00 ↓ -68%
Humana COMM $106.88 ↓ -68%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $111.56 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $132.02 ↓ -60%
Aetna NewBusiness $143.00 ↓ -57%
BCBS Traditional $146.55 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $148.53 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $148.53 ↓ -55%
Aetna Meritain $155.00 ↓ -53%
Aetna COMM $155.00 ↓ -53%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $165.03 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $173.94 ↓ -47%
Aetna OON $179.00 ↓ -46%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $181.53 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $181.53 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $181.53 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $181.53 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $191.43 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $199.69 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $199.69 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $214.54 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $231.04 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $231.04 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $231.04 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $247.54 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $247.54 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $264.05 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $264.05 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $280.55 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $330.06 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $330.06 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $330.06 ↑ +0%

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Contrast baths charges at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $87.17 $23.24 – $134.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $87.17 $40.68 – $134.00
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $92.85 $21.05 – $21.05
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $87.17 $24.70 – $134.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $87.17 $17.94 – $149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $84.22 $16.84 – $149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $87.17 $27.98 – $149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $87.17 $41.01 – $253.00

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