Emg thor paraspinal without t1/t2 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.

$96.68 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,381.08 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $96.68
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $96.68
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $96.68
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $96.68
Superior Health Plan STARKids $96.68
Cigna IFP $186.45
Cigna QHP $193.35
Aetna QHPHIX $225.12
United OptionsPPO $240.31
Oscar HIX $287.26
BCBS BluePremier $326.51
Aetna NewBusiness $328.70
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $338.36
Aetna COMM $353.56
Aetna Meritain $353.56
Evry Health COMM $356.32
Cigna LocalPlus $364.61
Cigna NewBusiness $364.61
BCBS MyBlueHealth $380.46
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $380.46
Cigna HMO $407.42
Cigna NetworkBenefit $407.42
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $407.42
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $414.32
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $414.32
Aetna OON $414.32
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $466.81
Humana COMM $504.48
Cigna AllOther $515.14
Prominence Health Plan HIX $552.43
Curative Administrators COMM $552.43
BCBS Traditional $613.20
City of McKinney COMM $621.49
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $621.49
BCBS BlueEssentials $673.76
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $673.76
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $690.54
BCBS EPOSOA $706.97
Aetna ASA $727.83
BCBS PPO $740.17
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $759.59
Aetna WCOMP $759.59
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $759.59
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $759.59
Averde Health, Inc PPO $801.03
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $835.55
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $835.55
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $897.70
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $966.76
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $966.76
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $966.76
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,035.81
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,035.81
USA Managed Care COMM $1,104.86
USC Health Services COMM $1,104.86
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,173.92
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,381.08
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,381.08
Unicare MCD $1,381.08

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $314.96 $83.99 – $777.56
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