Heart infarct image (ef) 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

$5,324.89

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.

$5,324.89

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.

$183.10 with United vs $5,324.89 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 $183.10 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $183.10 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $183.10 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $183.10 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $183.10 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $183.10 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $183.10 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $192.25 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $197.75 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $197.75 ↓ -96%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $201.41 ↓ -96%
Molina CHIP $201.41 ↓ -96%
Molina STAR+PLUS $201.41 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $201.41 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $201.41 ↓ -96%
BCBS BluePremier $204.14 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $224.73 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $224.73 ↓ -96%
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $225.00 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCD $228.88 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPHIX $251.42 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $344.72 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMM $369.27 ↓ -93%
Aetna Meritain $369.27 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $372.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $372.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $372.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $372.74 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $372.74 ↓ -93%
Aetna OON $433.11 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $611.66 ↓ -89%
United SmallGroup $611.66 ↓ -89%
Humana COMM $645.99 ↓ -88%
BCBS BlueEssentials $667.33 ↓ -87%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $667.33 ↓ -87%
BCBS EPOSOA $699.92 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $718.86 ↓ -87%
BCBS PPO $732.52 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $745.48 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $926.53 ↓ -83%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,304.60 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $1,373.82 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $1,597.47 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $1,597.47 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,799.81 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $2,129.96 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,129.96 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $2,364.25 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,396.20 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $2,396.20 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,662.45 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $2,806.22 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,928.69 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,928.69 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,928.69 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $2,928.69 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,088.44 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $3,221.56 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $3,221.56 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $3,461.18 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,727.42 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,727.42 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,727.42 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,993.67 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,993.67 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $4,259.91 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $4,259.91 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4,526.16 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $5,324.89 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $5,324.89 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,324.89 ↑ +0%

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Heart infarct image (ef) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $183.10 – $197.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $442.89 $91.16 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $465.04 $181.76 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $442.89 $194.48 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $442.89 $181.76 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $465.04 $181.76 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $442.89 $181.76 – $1,338.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $442.89 $181.76 – $1,338.97

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