CT lwr extremity w/o&w/dye 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

$8,240.42

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.

$8,240.42

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.

$175.06 with Amerigroup vs $5,410.34 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
Amerigroup MGMCD $175.06 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $175.06 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $175.06 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $175.06 ↓ -98%
United STAR $175.06 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $175.06 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $175.06 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $183.81 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $189.06 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $189.06 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $192.57 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $192.57 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $192.57 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $192.57 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $192.57 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $218.82 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $229.60 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $229.60 ↓ -97%
BCBS BluePremier $236.89 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $341.20 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $341.20 ↓ -96%
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $350.00 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $378.72 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $378.72 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $378.72 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $378.72 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $378.72 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -95%
Cigna IFP $572.46 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $584.00 ↓ -93%
Cigna QHP $593.66 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $708.84 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueEssentials $708.84 ↓ -91%
United OptionsPPO $737.83 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $743.46 ↓ -91%
BCBS PPO $778.08 ↓ -91%
Aetna NewBusiness $800.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMM $856.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna Meritain $856.00 ↓ -90%
Humana COMM $858.66 ↓ -90%
Aetna OON $1,006.00 ↓ -88%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,433.26 ↓ -83%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $1,623.10 ↓ -80%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $1,623.10 ↓ -80%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,696.17 ↓ -79%
Aetna ASA $2,234.70 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $2,402.19 ↓ -71%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,434.65 ↓ -70%
City of McKinney COMM $2,434.65 ↓ -70%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,565.45 ↓ -69%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,565.45 ↓ -69%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,705.17 ↓ -67%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,975.69 ↓ -64%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,975.69 ↓ -64%
Aetna WCOMP $2,975.69 ↓ -64%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,975.69 ↓ -64%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,138.00 ↓ -62%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $3,516.72 ↓ -57%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,787.24 ↓ -54%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,787.24 ↓ -54%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $4,057.76 ↓ -51%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,057.76 ↓ -51%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4,240.42 ↓ -49%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,240.42 ↓ -49%
USA Managed Care COMM $4,328.27 ↓ -47%
USC Health Services COMM $4,328.27 ↓ -47%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4,598.79 ↓ -44%
Unicare MCD $5,410.34 ↓ -34%

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CT lwr extremity w/o&w/dye at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,069.09 $167.39 – $2,586.36
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,069.09 $167.39 – $2,586.36
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,192.20 $167.39 – $2,740.25
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