Heart infarct image 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

$8,026.23

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.

$8,026.23

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.

$174.09 with United vs $8,026.23 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 $174.09 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $174.09 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $174.09 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $174.09 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $174.09 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $174.09 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $174.09 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $182.79 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $188.02 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $188.02 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $191.50 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $191.50 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $191.50 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $191.50 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $191.50 ↓ -98%
BCBS BluePremier $200.71 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $217.61 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $220.94 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $220.94 ↓ -97%
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $225.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPHIX $254.23 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $348.58 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $373.41 ↓ -95%
Aetna Meritain $373.41 ↓ -95%
Aetna OON $437.96 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $471.74 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $471.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $561.84 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $561.84 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $561.84 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $561.84 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $561.84 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $656.09 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueEssentials $656.09 ↓ -92%
Humana COMM $680.19 ↓ -92%
BCBS EPOSOA $688.13 ↓ -91%
BCBS PPO $720.18 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $1,083.54 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $1,123.67 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $1,396.56 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,966.43 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $2,070.77 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $2,407.87 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $2,407.87 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,712.87 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $3,210.49 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $3,210.49 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $3,563.65 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $3,611.80 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $3,611.80 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $4,013.11 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $4,229.82 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $4,414.43 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $4,414.43 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $4,414.43 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $4,414.43 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4,655.21 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $4,855.87 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $4,855.87 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $5,217.05 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $5,618.36 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $5,618.36 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $5,618.36 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $6,019.67 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $6,019.67 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $6,420.98 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $6,420.98 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $6,822.30 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $8,026.23 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $8,026.23 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $8,026.23 ↑ +0%

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Heart infarct image at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $840.74 $160.05 – $1,050.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $840.74 $160.05 – $1,050.92
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $174.09 – $188.02
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $840.74 $160.05 – $1,050.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $840.74 $173.05 – $1,261.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,114.32 $160.05 – $1,392.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $840.74 $171.25 – $1,261.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $840.74 $160.05 – $1,261.11

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