Hand X-ray 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

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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.

$37.43 with United vs $966.19 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 $37.43
United STARPLUS $37.43
United CHIP $37.43
Amerigroup CHIP $37.43
United STAR $37.43
Amerigroup MGMCD $37.43
United STARKids $37.43
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $39.30
Aetna Better Health CHIP $40.42
Aetna Better Health MCD $40.42
Molina STAR+PLUS $41.17
Molina MCDSTAR $41.17
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $41.17
Molina CHIP $41.17
Molina STARKIDS $41.17
Humana MGMCD $46.79
Aetna QHPHIX $47.08
Aetna NewBusiness $64.55
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $67.63
Superior Health Plan CHIP $67.63
Superior Health Plan STARKids $67.63
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $67.63
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $67.63
Aetna Meritain $69.15
Aetna COMM $69.15
Aetna OON $81.10
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
United SmallGroup $83.86
Humana COMM $92.37
BCBS BluePremier $94.97
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
Cigna LocalPlus $115.18
Cigna NewBusiness $115.29
Cigna HMO $128.71
Cigna NetworkBenefit $128.71
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $128.71
Cigna IFP $130.44
Cigna QHP $135.27
Cigna AllOther $162.79
United OptionsPPO $168.12
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $236.72
Evry Health COMM $249.28
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $289.86
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $289.86
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $326.57
BCBS PPO $340.79
Curative Administrators COMM $386.48
Prominence Health Plan HIX $386.48
BCBS Traditional $428.99
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $434.79
City of McKinney COMM $434.79
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $483.10
Aetna ASA $509.18
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $531.40
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $531.40
Aetna WCOMP $531.40
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $531.40
Averde Health, Inc PPO $560.39
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $584.54
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $584.54
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $628.02
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $676.33
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $676.33
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $676.33
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $724.64
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $724.64
USC Health Services COMM $772.95
USA Managed Care COMM $772.95
Galaxy Health Network PPO $821.26
Unicare MCD $966.19
Independent Medical Systems COMM $966.19
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $966.19

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Hand X-ray at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $317.78 $37.43 – $397.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $317.78 $37.43 – $397.23
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $404.40 $37.43 – $40.42
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $586.01 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $317.78 $37.43 – $397.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $390.52 $80.38 – $585.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $382.93 $37.43 – $478.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $390.52 $40.05 – $585.78

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