CT thorax low dose for lung screening without contrast 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

$1,917.02

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.

$1,917.02

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.

$104.75 with Amerigroup vs $1,917.02 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
Amerigroup CHIP $104.75 ↓ -95%
United STARPerinate $104.75 ↓ -95%
United STARPLUS $104.75 ↓ -95%
United STARKids $104.75 ↓ -95%
United STAR $104.75 ↓ -95%
United CHIP $104.75 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $109.22 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $109.22 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $109.99 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MCD $113.13 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $113.13 ↓ -94%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $115.23 ↓ -94%
Molina STARKIDS $115.23 ↓ -94%
Molina MCDSTAR $115.23 ↓ -94%
Molina CHIP $115.23 ↓ -94%
Molina STAR+PLUS $115.23 ↓ -94%
BCBS BluePremier $123.08 ↓ -94%
Humana MGMCD $130.94 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $134.19 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $134.19 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $134.19 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $134.19 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $134.19 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $135.49 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $135.49 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -91%
Cigna IFP $258.80 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $268.38 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $333.56 ↓ -83%
BCBS BlueEssentials $402.34 ↓ -79%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $402.34 ↓ -79%
BCBS EPOSOA $421.99 ↓ -78%
BCBS PPO $441.65 ↓ -77%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $575.11 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $575.11 ↓ -70%
Aetna QHPHIX $584.00 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $647.95 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $766.81 ↓ -60%
Aetna NewBusiness $800.00 ↓ -58%
BCBS Traditional $851.16 ↓ -56%
Aetna Meritain $856.00 ↓ -55%
Aetna COMM $856.00 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $862.66 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $862.66 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $958.51 ↓ -50%
Aetna OON $1,006.00 ↓ -48%
Aetna ASA $1,010.27 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,054.36 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,054.36 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,054.36 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,054.36 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,111.87 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,159.80 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,159.80 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $1,246.06 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,341.91 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,341.91 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,437.77 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,437.77 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,533.62 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,533.62 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,629.47 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $1,917.02 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,917.02 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,917.02 ↑ +0%

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CT thorax low dose for lung screening without contrast at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $184.05 $99.77 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $184.05 $99.77 – $1,841.00
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $104.75 – $113.13
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,731.74 $398.21 – $398.21
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $184.05 $99.77 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $240.33 $49.47 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $240.33 $99.77 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $240.33 $99.77 – $1,841.00

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