CT lower extremity w/contrast (both sides) 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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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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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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$171.41 with United vs $6,842.79 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

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 CHIP $171.41
Amerigroup CHIP $171.41
United STARPerinate $171.41
United STARPLUS $171.41
United STARKids $171.41
United STAR $171.41
Amerigroup MGMCD $171.41
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $179.98
Aetna Better Health CHIP $185.12
Aetna Better Health MCD $185.12
Molina MCDSTAR $188.55
Molina STARKIDS $188.55
Molina STAR+PLUS $188.55
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $188.55
Molina CHIP $188.55
Humana MGMCD $214.26
BCBS MyBlueHealth $229.60
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $229.60
BCBS BluePremier $236.89
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $341.20
United SmallGroup $341.20
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $350.00
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $479.00
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $479.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $479.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $479.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $479.00
Aetna QHPHIX $584.00
Humana COMM $673.49
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $708.84
BCBS BlueEssentials $708.84
BCBS EPOSOA $743.46
BCBS PPO $778.08
Aetna NewBusiness $800.00
Aetna COMM $856.00
Aetna Meritain $856.00
Cigna IFP $923.78
Cigna QHP $957.99
Aetna OON $1,006.00
United OptionsPPO $1,190.65
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $2,052.84
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $2,052.84
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,312.86
Prominence Health Plan HIX $2,737.12
BCBS Traditional $3,038.20
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $3,079.26
City of McKinney COMM $3,079.26
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,421.39
Aetna ASA $3,606.15
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,763.53
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,763.53
Aetna WCOMP $3,763.53
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,763.53
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,968.82
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $4,139.89
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $4,139.89
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $4,447.81
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $4,789.95
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $4,789.95
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $5,132.09
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,132.09
USA Managed Care COMM $5,474.23
USC Health Services COMM $5,474.23
Galaxy Health Network PPO $5,816.37
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $6,842.79
Unicare MCD $6,842.79
Independent Medical Systems COMM $6,842.79

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CT lower extremity w/contrast (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,399.92 $167.39 – $2,999.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $2,399.92 $167.39 – $2,999.89
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $2,612.85 $171.41 – $185.12
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $4,003.20 $849.15 – $849.15
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,399.92 $167.39 – $2,999.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,877.52 $236.02 – $2,816.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,252.48 $167.39 – $2,815.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,877.52 $167.39 – $2,816.28

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