Diagnostic radio unlisted proc 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.

$30.59 with Superior Health Plan vs $464.62 with Cigna — 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $30.59
Superior Health Plan STARKids $30.59
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $30.59
Superior Health Plan CHIP $30.59
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $30.59
Cigna IFP $59.00
Cigna QHP $61.18
Aetna QHPHIX $71.23
United OptionsPPO $76.04
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
United STARPerinate $86.58
United CHIP $86.58
Amerigroup CHIP $86.58
Amerigroup MGMCD $86.58
United STARKids $86.58
United STAR $86.58
United STARPLUS $86.58
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $90.91
Aetna Better Health CHIP $93.51
Aetna Better Health MCD $93.51
BCBS BluePremier $94.97
Molina STARKIDS $95.24
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $95.24
Molina STAR+PLUS $95.24
Molina CHIP $95.24
Molina MCDSTAR $95.24
Aetna NewBusiness $104.01
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $107.07
Humana MGMCD $108.22
Aetna COMM $111.88
Aetna Meritain $111.88
Evry Health COMM $112.75
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $131.11
Aetna OON $131.11
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $131.11
Humana COMM $135.43
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $147.71
Curative Administrators COMM $174.81
Prominence Health Plan HIX $174.81
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
BCBS Traditional $194.04
City of McKinney COMM $196.66
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $196.66
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $218.51
Aetna ASA $230.31
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $240.36
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $240.36
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $240.36
Aetna WCOMP $240.36
Averde Health, Inc PPO $253.47
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $264.40
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $264.40
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $284.06
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $305.91
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $305.91
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $305.91
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $327.76
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $327.76
Cigna LocalPlus $328.72
Cigna NewBusiness $329.04
BCBS PPO $340.79
USA Managed Care COMM $349.62
USC Health Services COMM $349.62
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $367.35
Cigna NetworkBenefit $367.35
Cigna HMO $367.35
Galaxy Health Network PPO $371.47
Independent Medical Systems COMM $437.02
Unicare MCD $437.02
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $437.02
Cigna AllOther $464.62

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Diagnostic radio unlisted proc at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,679.11 $83.05 – $1,197.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $2,679.11 $83.05 – $1,197.31
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $86.58 – $93.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,679.11 $83.05 – $1,197.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $2,679.11 $83.05 – $1,197.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $2,679.11 $83.19 – $1,197.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $2,679.11 $83.05 – $1,197.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE Rowlett $2,679.11 $83.05 – $1,197.31

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