Contrast x-ray of ankle at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
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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.
$104.57 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,630.50 with BCBS — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $104.57 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $104.57 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $104.57 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $104.57 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $104.57 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $128.31 | — |
| United | STARKids | $128.31 | — |
| United | STAR | $128.31 | — |
| United | CHIP | $128.31 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $128.31 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $128.31 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $128.31 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $134.73 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $138.57 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $138.57 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $141.14 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $141.14 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $141.14 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $141.14 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $141.14 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $160.39 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $180.07 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $201.67 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $209.14 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $246.89 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $259.94 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $264.48 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $264.48 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $310.20 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $313.14 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $366.00 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $385.42 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $414.54 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $414.94 | — |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $448.16 | — |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $448.16 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $454.40 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $463.25 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $463.25 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $463.25 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $500.22 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $500.22 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $504.93 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $585.92 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $597.55 | — |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $597.55 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $616.10 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $616.10 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $663.28 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $672.25 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $672.25 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $746.94 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $787.27 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $821.63 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $821.63 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $821.63 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $821.63 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $866.45 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $903.80 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $903.80 | — |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $971.02 | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $1,045.72 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $1,045.72 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $1,045.72 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,120.41 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $1,120.41 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $1,195.10 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $1,195.10 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,269.80 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,485.40 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,485.40 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $1,493.88 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,493.88 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,493.88 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,557.95 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,630.50 | — |
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Contrast x-ray of ankle at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $495.58 | $128.31 – $952.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $495.58 | $128.31 – $619.47 |
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | $571.35 | $128.31 – $138.57 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $495.58 | $128.31 – $952.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $923.65 | $190.12 – $1,385.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $969.83 | $128.31 – $1,212.29 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $923.65 | $137.29 – $1,385.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $923.65 | $128.31 – $1,385.48 |