Cr-51 sodium chromate 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

$9,502.06

Cash price

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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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$9,502.06

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.

$70.00 with Imaging Providers of Texas vs $9,502.06 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
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $70.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $665.14 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $665.14 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $665.14 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $665.14 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $665.14 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $823.50 ↓ -91%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,129.10 ↓ -88%
Aetna Meritain $1,209.52 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMM $1,209.52 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $1,282.78 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $1,330.29 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $1,653.36 ↓ -83%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $1,805.39 ↓ -81%
BCBS BluePremier $1,859.36 ↓ -80%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,938.00 ↓ -80%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,938.00 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $1,976.43 ↓ -79%
Cigna LocalPlus $2,148.04 ↓ -77%
Cigna NewBusiness $2,150.17 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,328.00 ↓ -76%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,399.73 ↓ -75%
Cigna HMO $2,399.73 ↓ -75%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $2,399.73 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $2,451.53 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $2,836.79 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueEssentials $2,836.79 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $2,850.62 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $2,850.62 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $2,850.62 ↓ -70%
BCBS EPOSOA $2,977.22 ↓ -69%
Cigna AllOther $3,035.87 ↓ -68%
BCBS PPO $3,117.66 ↓ -67%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3,164.63 ↓ -67%
United AllPayerAppendix $3,164.63 ↓ -67%
United SmallGroup $3,164.63 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $3,211.70 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $3,800.82 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $3,800.82 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $4,218.91 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $4,275.93 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $4,275.93 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $4,751.03 ↓ -50%
Humana COMM $4,841.62 ↓ -49%
Aetna WCOMP $5,226.13 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $5,226.13 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $5,226.13 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $5,226.13 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $5,511.19 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $5,748.75 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $5,748.75 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $6,176.34 ↓ -35%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $6,651.44 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $6,651.44 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $6,651.44 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $7,126.55 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $7,126.55 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $7,601.65 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $7,601.65 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $8,076.75 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $9,502.06 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $9,502.06 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $9,502.06 ↑ +0%
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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