Finger X-ray (both hands) 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.

$38.43 with United vs $731.33 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 $38.43 —
United STARPLUS $38.43 —
United STARPerinate $38.43 —
United STARKids $38.43 —
Amerigroup CHIP $38.43 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $38.43 —
United STAR $38.43 —
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $40.35 —
Aetna Better Health MCD $41.50 —
Aetna Better Health CHIP $41.50 —
Molina STAR+PLUS $42.27 —
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $42.27 —
Molina STARKIDS $42.27 —
Molina MCDSTAR $42.27 —
Molina CHIP $42.27 —
Humana MGMCD $48.04 —
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $51.19 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $51.19 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $51.19 —
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $51.19 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $51.19 —
Aetna NewBusiness $70.93 —
Aetna COMM $75.76 —
Aetna Meritain $75.76 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86 —
United SmallGroup $83.86 —
Aetna OON $89.67 —
Cigna IFP $98.73 —
Cigna QHP $102.39 —
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.34 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.34 —
United OptionsPPO $123.59 —
Cigna LocalPlus $125.93 —
Cigna NewBusiness $126.05 —
Cigna HMO $140.73 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $140.73 —
Cigna NetworkBenefit $140.73 —
Cigna AllOther $178.00 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $179.18 —
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 —
Evry Health COMM $188.68 —
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $219.40 —
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $219.40 —
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $247.19 —
Curative Administrators COMM $292.53 —
Prominence Health Plan HIX $292.53 —
BCBS Traditional $302.77 —
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $325.62 —
BCBS BlueEssentials $325.62 —
United GlobalBenefitPlan $329.10 —
City of McKinney COMM $329.10 —
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $329.10 —
BCBS EPOSOA $341.59 —
BCBS PPO $357.55 —
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $365.67 —
Aetna ASA $369.32 —
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $402.23 —
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $402.23 —
Aetna WCOMP $402.23 —
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $402.23 —
Averde Health, Inc PPO $424.17 —
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $430.02 —
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $430.02 —
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $475.36 —
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $511.93 —
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $511.93 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $548.50 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $548.50 —
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $548.50 —
USC Health Services COMM $585.06 —
USA Managed Care COMM $585.06 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $621.63 —
Unicare MCD $731.33 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $731.33 —
Independent Medical Systems COMM $731.33 —

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Finger X-ray (both hands) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $218.03 $38.43 – $272.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $218.03 $38.43 – $272.54
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $241.05 $38.43 – $41.50
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $463.32 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $218.03 $38.43 – $272.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $264.08 $54.36 – $396.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $297.18 $38.43 – $371.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $264.08 $41.12 – $396.13

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