CT uppr 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

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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.

$175.06 with Amerigroup vs $8,240.42 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 MGMCD $175.06
United STARPerinate $175.06
United STARPLUS $175.06
United STARKids $175.06
United STAR $175.06
Amerigroup CHIP $175.06
United CHIP $175.06
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $183.81
Aetna Better Health CHIP $189.06
Aetna Better Health MCD $189.06
Molina MCDSTAR $192.57
Molina STARKIDS $192.57
Molina STAR+PLUS $192.57
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $192.57
Molina CHIP $192.57
Humana MGMCD $218.82
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $229.60
BCBS MyBlueHealth $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 $576.83
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $576.83
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $576.83
Superior Health Plan STARKids $576.83
Superior Health Plan CHIP $576.83
Aetna QHPHIX $584.00
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
Humana COMM $871.48
Aetna OON $1,006.00
Cigna IFP $1,112.46
Cigna QHP $1,153.66
United OptionsPPO $1,433.83
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $2,472.13
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $2,472.13
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,785.26
Prominence Health Plan HIX $3,296.17
BCBS Traditional $3,658.75
City of McKinney COMM $3,708.19
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $3,708.19
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $4,120.21
Aetna ASA $4,342.70
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $4,532.23
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $4,532.23
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $4,532.23
Aetna WCOMP $4,532.23
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4,779.44
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $4,985.45
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $4,985.45
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $5,356.27
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $5,768.29
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $5,768.29
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $6,180.31
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $6,180.31
USA Managed Care COMM $6,592.34
USC Health Services COMM $6,592.34
Galaxy Health Network PPO $7,004.36
Unicare MCD $8,240.42
Independent Medical Systems COMM $8,240.42
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $8,240.42

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

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,845.36 $167.39 – $2,306.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $1,845.36 $167.39 – $2,306.70
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $3,264.90 $175.06 – $189.06
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $5,732.50 $849.15 – $849.15
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,845.36 $167.39 – $2,306.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,688.20 $236.02 – $2,532.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,841.10 $167.39 – $2,301.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,688.20 $167.39 – $2,532.30

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