Heart image spect 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

$8,386.41

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.

$8,386.41

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.

$208.43 with BCBS vs $8,386.41 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 $208.43 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $214.18 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $214.18 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $214.18 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $214.18 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $214.18 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $214.18 ↓ -97%
United STAR $214.18 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $224.89 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $229.45 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $229.45 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $231.31 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $231.31 ↓ -97%
Molina STARKIDS $235.60 ↓ -97%
Molina STAR+PLUS $235.60 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $235.60 ↓ -97%
Molina MCDSTAR $235.60 ↓ -97%
Molina CHIP $235.60 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $267.73 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPHIX $273.38 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $374.83 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $401.53 ↓ -95%
Aetna Meritain $401.53 ↓ -95%
Aetna OON $470.94 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $471.74 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $471.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $587.05 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $587.05 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $587.05 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $587.05 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $587.05 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $681.33 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueEssentials $681.33 ↓ -92%
Humana COMM $702.97 ↓ -92%
BCBS EPOSOA $714.61 ↓ -91%
BCBS PPO $747.89 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $1,132.17 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $1,174.10 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $1,459.24 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,054.67 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $2,163.69 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $2,515.92 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $2,515.92 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,834.61 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $3,354.56 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $3,354.56 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $3,723.57 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $3,773.88 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $3,773.88 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $4,193.20 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $4,419.64 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $4,612.53 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $4,612.53 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $4,612.53 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $4,612.53 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4,864.12 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $5,073.78 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $5,073.78 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $5,451.17 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $5,870.49 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $5,870.49 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $5,870.49 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $6,289.81 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $6,289.81 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $6,709.13 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $6,709.13 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $7,128.45 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $8,386.41 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $8,386.41 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $8,386.41 ↑ +0%

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