Elbow X-ray (3 or more views, both sides) at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL

5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 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.

$33.08 with United vs $822.01 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
United CHIP $33.08 —
United STARPLUS $33.08 —
United STARPerinate $33.08 —
United STARKids $33.08 —
Amerigroup CHIP $33.08 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $33.08 —
United STAR $33.08 —
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $34.73 —
Aetna Better Health MCD $35.73 —
Aetna Better Health CHIP $35.73 —
Molina STARKIDS $36.39 —
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $36.39 —
Molina MCDSTAR $36.39 —
Molina STAR+PLUS $36.39 —
Molina CHIP $36.39 —
Humana MGMCD $41.35 —
Aetna NewBusiness $55.44 —
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $57.54 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $57.54 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $57.54 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $57.54 —
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $57.54 —
Aetna COMM $59.22 —
Aetna Meritain $59.22 —
Aetna OON $70.09 —
United SmallGroup $83.86 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86 —
Cigna LocalPlus $97.74 —
Cigna NewBusiness $97.84 —
Cigna NetworkBenefit $109.23 —
Cigna HMO $109.23 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $109.23 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.34 —
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.34 —
Cigna IFP $110.97 —
Cigna QHP $115.08 —
Cigna AllOther $138.16 —
United OptionsPPO $138.92 —
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $201.39 —
Evry Health COMM $212.08 —
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $246.60 —
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $246.60 —
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $277.84 —
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $325.62 —
BCBS BlueEssentials $325.62 —
Prominence Health Plan HIX $328.80 —
Curative Administrators COMM $328.80 —
BCBS Traditional $340.31 —
BCBS EPOSOA $341.59 —
BCBS PPO $357.55 —
United GlobalBenefitPlan $369.90 —
City of McKinney COMM $369.90 —
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $369.90 —
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $411.00 —
Aetna ASA $415.12 —
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $452.11 —
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $452.11 —
Aetna WCOMP $452.11 —
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $452.11 —
Averde Health, Inc PPO $476.77 —
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $483.34 —
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $483.34 —
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $534.31 —
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $575.41 —
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $575.41 —
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $616.51 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $616.51 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $616.51 —
USA Managed Care COMM $657.61 —
USC Health Services COMM $657.61 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $698.71 —
Independent Medical Systems COMM $822.01 —
Unicare MCD $822.01 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $822.01 —

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Elbow X-ray (3 or more views, both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $325.88 $33.08 – $407.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $325.88 $33.08 – $407.36
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $383.10 $33.08 – $35.73
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $613.26 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $325.88 $33.08 – $407.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $414.68 $85.36 – $622.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $440.72 $33.08 – $550.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $414.68 $35.40 – $622.03

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