Fracture assessment via dxa 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

$437.02

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.

$437.02

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 $437.02 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
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $30.59 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $30.59 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $30.59 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $30.59 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $30.59 ↓ -93%
United STARKids $33.75 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup MGMCD $33.75 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup CHIP $33.75 ↓ -92%
United STARPerinate $33.75 ↓ -92%
United STARPLUS $33.75 ↓ -92%
United CHIP $33.75 ↓ -92%
United STAR $33.75 ↓ -92%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $35.44 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health MCD $36.45 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $36.45 ↓ -92%
Molina STAR+PLUS $37.13 ↓ -92%
Molina CHIP $37.13 ↓ -92%
Molina STARKIDS $37.13 ↓ -92%
Molina MCDSTAR $37.13 ↓ -92%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $37.13 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPHIX $40.88 ↓ -91%
Humana MGMCD $42.19 ↓ -90%
Aetna NewBusiness $56.05 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $59.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMM $60.05 ↓ -86%
Aetna Meritain $60.05 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $61.18 ↓ -86%
Aetna OON $70.43 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $76.04 ↓ -83%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86 ↓ -81%
United SmallGroup $83.86 ↓ -81%
BCBS BluePremier $94.97 ↓ -78%
Cigna LocalPlus $100.41 ↓ -77%
Cigna NewBusiness $100.51 ↓ -77%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55 ↓ -76%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $107.07 ↓ -75%
Humana COMM $110.89 ↓ -75%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $112.21 ↓ -74%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $112.21 ↓ -74%
Cigna HMO $112.21 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $112.75 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $131.11 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $131.11 ↓ -70%
Cigna AllOther $141.93 ↓ -68%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $147.71 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $174.81 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $174.81 ↓ -60%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -58%
BCBS Traditional $194.04 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $196.66 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $196.66 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $218.51 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $230.31 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $240.36 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $240.36 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $240.36 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $240.36 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $253.47 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $264.40 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $264.40 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $284.06 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $305.91 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $305.91 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $305.91 ↓ -30%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46 ↓ -29%
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46 ↓ -29%
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $327.76 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $327.76 ↓ -25%
BCBS PPO $340.79 ↓ -22%
USC Health Services COMM $349.62 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $349.62 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $371.47 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $437.02 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $437.02 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $437.02 ↑ +0%

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