Gastric emptying imag study 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

$5,005.90

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.

$5,005.90

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.

$350.41 with Superior Health Plan vs $5,005.90 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $350.41 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $350.41 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $350.41 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $350.41 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $350.41 ↓ -93%
United STARKids $364.54 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCD $364.54 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup CHIP $364.54 ↓ -93%
United STARPerinate $364.54 ↓ -93%
United STARPLUS $364.54 ↓ -93%
United CHIP $364.54 ↓ -93%
United STAR $364.54 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $382.77 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $393.70 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health MCD $393.70 ↓ -92%
Molina STARKIDS $400.99 ↓ -92%
Molina CHIP $400.99 ↓ -92%
Molina STAR+PLUS $400.99 ↓ -92%
Molina MCDSTAR $400.99 ↓ -92%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $400.99 ↓ -92%
BCBS BluePremier $420.71 ↓ -92%
Humana MGMCD $455.68 ↓ -91%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $463.14 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $463.14 ↓ -91%
United SmallGroup $471.74 ↓ -91%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $471.74 ↓ -91%
Aetna QHPHIX $546.48 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $675.80 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $700.83 ↓ -86%
Aetna NewBusiness $749.28 ↓ -85%
Aetna Meritain $802.65 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMM $802.65 ↓ -84%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $871.03 ↓ -83%
Aetna OON $941.40 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,226.45 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $1,291.52 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,375.27 ↓ -73%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,375.27 ↓ -73%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,442.44 ↓ -71%
Humana COMM $1,468.83 ↓ -71%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $1,501.77 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $1,501.77 ↓ -70%
BCBS PPO $1,509.62 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,691.99 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,002.36 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $2,002.36 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $2,222.62 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,252.65 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $2,252.65 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,502.95 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $2,638.11 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $2,753.24 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,753.24 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,753.24 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,753.24 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,903.42 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $3,028.57 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $3,028.57 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $3,253.84 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,504.13 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,504.13 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,504.13 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,754.43 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,754.43 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $4,004.72 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $4,004.72 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4,255.01 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $5,005.90 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $5,005.90 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,005.90 ↑ +0%

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