Foot X-ray 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.

$34.41 with Amerigroup vs $813.08 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 $34.41
United CHIP $34.41
United STAR $34.41
United STARKids $34.41
United STARPLUS $34.41
United STARPerinate $34.41
Amerigroup CHIP $34.41
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $36.13
Aetna Better Health CHIP $37.16
Aetna Better Health MCD $37.16
Molina STARKIDS $37.85
Molina CHIP $37.85
Molina STAR+PLUS $37.85
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $37.85
Molina MCDSTAR $37.85
Humana MGMCD $43.01
Aetna QHPHIX $44.26
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $56.92
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $56.92
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $56.92
Superior Health Plan STARKids $56.92
Superior Health Plan CHIP $56.92
Aetna NewBusiness $60.69
Aetna COMM $65.01
Aetna Meritain $65.01
Aetna OON $76.25
Humana COMM $83.81
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
United SmallGroup $83.86
BCBS BluePremier $94.97
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
Cigna LocalPlus $105.79
Cigna NewBusiness $105.89
Cigna IFP $109.77
Cigna QHP $113.83
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $118.22
Cigna HMO $118.22
Cigna NetworkBenefit $118.22
United OptionsPPO $141.48
Cigna AllOther $149.53
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $199.20
Evry Health COMM $209.77
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $243.92
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $243.92
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $274.82
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
Curative Administrators COMM $325.23
Prominence Health Plan HIX $325.23
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
BCBS PPO $340.79
BCBS Traditional $361.01
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $365.89
City of McKinney COMM $365.89
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $406.54
Aetna ASA $428.49
Aetna WCOMP $447.19
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $447.19
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $447.19
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $447.19
Averde Health, Inc PPO $471.59
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $491.91
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $491.91
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $528.50
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $569.16
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $569.16
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $569.16
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $609.81
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $609.81
USA Managed Care COMM $650.46
USC Health Services COMM $650.46
Galaxy Health Network PPO $691.12
Independent Medical Systems COMM $813.08
Unicare MCD $813.08
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $813.08

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Foot X-ray at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $365.31 $34.41 – $456.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $365.31 $34.41 – $456.64
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $371.85 $34.41 – $37.16
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $613.26 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $365.31 $34.41 – $456.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $383.94 $79.03 – $575.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $406.02 $34.41 – $507.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $383.94 $36.82 – $575.91

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