Ghs myocardial strain img spckl track 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

$316.11

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.

$316.11

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.

$14.58 with BCBS vs $316.11 with Unicare — 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
BCBS BluePremier $14.58 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $16.05 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $16.05 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $22.13 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $22.13 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $22.13 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $22.13 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $22.13 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $42.67 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $44.26 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $47.65 ↓ -85%
BCBS BlueEssentials $47.65 ↓ -85%
BCBS EPOSOA $49.98 ↓ -84%
Aetna QHPHIX $51.53 ↓ -84%
BCBS PPO $52.31 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $55.00 ↓ -83%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $60.06 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $65.75 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $75.23 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $77.45 ↓ -75%
Aetna Meritain $80.92 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $80.92 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $81.56 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $83.45 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $83.45 ↓ -74%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $93.25 ↓ -71%
Cigna HMO $93.25 ↓ -71%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $93.25 ↓ -71%
Aetna OON $94.83 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $94.83 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $94.83 ↓ -70%
Humana COMM $97.96 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $106.85 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $117.91 ↓ -63%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $126.44 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $126.44 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $140.35 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $142.25 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $142.25 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $158.06 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $166.59 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $173.86 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $173.86 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $173.86 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $173.86 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $183.34 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $191.25 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $191.25 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $205.47 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $221.28 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $221.28 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $221.28 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $237.08 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $237.08 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $252.89 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $252.89 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $268.69 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $316.11 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $316.11 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $316.11 ↑ +0%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $564.48 $28.05 – $799.68
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