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

$5,932.32

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.

$5,932.32

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.

$414.33 with United vs $5,932.32 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
United STAR $414.33 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCD $414.33 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup CHIP $414.33 ↓ -93%
United STARPerinate $414.33 ↓ -93%
United STARPLUS $414.33 ↓ -93%
United CHIP $414.33 ↓ -93%
United STARKids $414.33 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $415.26 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $415.26 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $415.26 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $415.26 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $415.26 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $435.05 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health MCD $447.48 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $447.48 ↓ -92%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $455.76 ↓ -92%
Molina CHIP $455.76 ↓ -92%
Molina STAR+PLUS $455.76 ↓ -92%
Molina STARKIDS $455.76 ↓ -92%
Molina MCDSTAR $455.76 ↓ -92%
BCBS BluePremier $517.64 ↓ -91%
Humana MGMCD $517.91 ↓ -91%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $569.84 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $569.84 ↓ -90%
United SmallGroup $611.66 ↓ -90%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $611.66 ↓ -90%
Aetna QHPHIX $617.80 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $800.86 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $830.52 ↓ -86%
Aetna NewBusiness $847.07 ↓ -86%
Aetna Meritain $907.40 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMM $907.40 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $1,032.22 ↓ -83%
Aetna OON $1,064.27 ↓ -82%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,453.42 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $1,530.54 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,692.11 ↓ -71%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,692.11 ↓ -71%
Humana COMM $1,766.50 ↓ -70%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,774.76 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $1,779.70 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $1,779.70 ↓ -70%
BCBS PPO $1,857.41 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,005.12 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,372.93 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $2,372.93 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $2,633.95 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,669.54 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $2,669.54 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,966.16 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $3,126.33 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $3,262.78 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,262.78 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,262.78 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,262.78 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,440.75 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $3,589.05 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $3,589.05 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $3,856.01 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $4,152.62 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $4,152.62 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $4,152.62 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $4,449.24 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,449.24 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $4,745.86 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $4,745.86 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $5,042.47 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $5,932.32 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $5,932.32 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,932.32 ↑ +0%

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