CT limited or localized follow-up study 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

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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.

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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.

$83.86 with United vs $1,839.80 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
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
United SmallGroup $83.86
United STARPLUS $86.58
Amerigroup MGMCD $86.58
Amerigroup CHIP $86.58
United CHIP $86.58
United STARPerinate $86.58
United STAR $86.58
United STARKids $86.58
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $90.91
Aetna Better Health MCD $93.51
Aetna Better Health CHIP $93.51
BCBS BluePremier $94.97
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $95.24
Molina STAR+PLUS $95.24
Molina STARKIDS $95.24
Molina MCDSTAR $95.24
Molina CHIP $95.24
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
Humana MGMCD $108.22
Superior Health Plan CHIP $128.79
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $128.79
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $128.79
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $128.79
Superior Health Plan STARKids $128.79
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Cigna IFP $248.37
Cigna QHP $257.57
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
United OptionsPPO $320.13
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
BCBS PPO $340.79
Humana COMM $387.17
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $551.94
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $551.94
Aetna QHPHIX $584.00
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $621.85
Prominence Health Plan HIX $735.92
Aetna NewBusiness $800.00
BCBS Traditional $816.87
City of McKinney COMM $827.91
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $827.91
Aetna COMM $856.00
Aetna Meritain $856.00
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $919.90
Aetna ASA $969.57
Aetna OON $1,006.00
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,011.89
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,011.89
Aetna WCOMP $1,011.89
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,011.89
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,067.08
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,113.08
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,113.08
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $1,195.87
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,287.86
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,287.86
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,379.85
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,379.85
USC Health Services COMM $1,471.84
USA Managed Care COMM $1,471.84
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,563.83
Unicare MCD $1,839.80
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,839.80
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,839.80

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CT limited or localized follow-up study at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $742.44 $83.05 – $2,062.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $742.44 $83.05 – $1,841.00
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $789.60 $86.58 – $93.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $742.44 $83.05 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $769.75 $116.73 – $2,062.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $769.75 $83.05 – $2,062.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $769.75 $83.05 – $2,062.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $769.75 $86.58 – $2,181.00

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