Hand X-ray (2 views, both hands) at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL

5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 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.

$31.74 with United vs $765.51 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 STARPerinate $31.74 —
United CHIP $31.74 —
United STAR $31.74 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $31.74 —
Amerigroup CHIP $31.74 —
United STARPLUS $31.74 —
United STARKids $31.74 —
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $33.33 —
Aetna Better Health MCD $34.28 —
Aetna Better Health CHIP $34.28 —
Molina STAR+PLUS $34.91 —
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $34.91 —
Molina CHIP $34.91 —
Molina MCDSTAR $34.91 —
Molina STARKIDS $34.91 —
Humana MGMCD $39.67 —
Aetna NewBusiness $53.12 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $53.59 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $53.59 —
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $53.59 —
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $53.59 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $53.59 —
Aetna Meritain $56.74 —
Aetna COMM $56.74 —
Aetna OON $67.15 —
Cigna LocalPlus $93.70 —
Cigna NewBusiness $93.79 —
Cigna IFP $103.34 —
Cigna HMO $104.71 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $104.71 —
Cigna NetworkBenefit $104.71 —
Cigna QHP $107.17 —
United OptionsPPO $129.37 —
Cigna AllOther $132.44 —
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $153.55 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.55 —
United SmallGroup $154.52 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $187.55 —
Evry Health COMM $197.50 —
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $229.65 —
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $229.65 —
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 —
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $258.74 —
Curative Administrators COMM $306.20 —
Prominence Health Plan HIX $306.20 —
BCBS Traditional $316.92 —
United GlobalBenefitPlan $344.48 —
City of McKinney COMM $344.48 —
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $344.48 —
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $382.75 —
Aetna ASA $386.58 —
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $421.03 —
Aetna WCOMP $421.03 —
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $421.03 —
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $421.03 —
Averde Health, Inc PPO $444.00 —
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $450.12 —
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $450.12 —
BCBS BlueEssentials $457.29 —
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $457.29 —
BCBS EPOSOA $479.70 —
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $497.58 —
BCBS PPO $502.12 —
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $535.86 —
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $535.86 —
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $574.13 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $574.13 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $574.13 —
USC Health Services COMM $612.41 —
USA Managed Care COMM $612.41 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $650.68 —
Unicare MCD $765.51 —
Independent Medical Systems COMM $765.51 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $765.51 —

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Hand X-ray (2 views, both hands) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $318.00 $31.74 – $397.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $318.00 $31.74 – $397.50
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $294.90 $31.74 – $34.28
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $495.15 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $318.00 $31.74 – $397.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $356.60 $73.40 – $534.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $342.93 $31.74 – $428.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $356.60 $33.96 – $534.90

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