CT colonography screening 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

$13,405.45

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.

$13,405.45

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.

$584.00 with Aetna vs $13,405.45 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.

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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
Aetna QHPHIX $584.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $800.00 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $821.00 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $821.00 ↓ -94%
BCBS BluePremier $847.07 ↓ -94%
Aetna Meritain $856.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMM $856.00 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $891.31 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $891.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $938.38 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $938.38 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $938.38 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $938.38 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $938.38 ↓ -93%
Aetna OON $1,006.00 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,486.98 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $1,809.74 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $1,876.76 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $2,332.55 ↓ -83%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $2,534.69 ↓ -81%
BCBS BlueEssentials $2,534.69 ↓ -81%
Humana COMM $2,611.79 ↓ -81%
BCBS EPOSOA $2,658.49 ↓ -80%
BCBS PPO $2,782.29 ↓ -79%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $4,021.64 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $4,021.64 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $4,531.04 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $5,362.18 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $5,952.02 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $6,032.45 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $6,032.45 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $6,702.73 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $7,064.67 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $7,373.00 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $7,373.00 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $7,373.00 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $7,373.00 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $7,775.16 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $8,110.30 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $8,110.30 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $8,713.54 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $9,383.82 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $9,383.82 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $10,054.09 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $10,054.09 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $10,724.36 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $10,724.36 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $11,394.63 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $13,405.45 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $13,405.45 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $13,405.45 ↑ +0%

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