Heel (Calcaneus) X-ray (both feet) 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.

$28.74 with United vs $557.42 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 $28.74 —
United CHIP $28.74 —
United STAR $28.74 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $28.74 —
Amerigroup CHIP $28.74 —
United STARPLUS $28.74 —
United STARKids $28.74 —
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $30.18 —
Aetna Better Health MCD $31.04 —
Aetna Better Health CHIP $31.04 —
Molina STAR+PLUS $31.61 —
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $31.61 —
Molina CHIP $31.61 —
Molina MCDSTAR $31.61 —
Molina STARKIDS $31.61 —
Humana MGMCD $35.92 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $39.02 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $39.02 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $39.02 —
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $39.02 —
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $39.02 —
Aetna NewBusiness $48.47 —
Aetna Meritain $51.78 —
Aetna COMM $51.78 —
Aetna OON $61.28 —
Cigna IFP $75.25 —
Cigna QHP $78.04 —
United SmallGroup $83.86 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86 —
Cigna LocalPlus $84.32 —
Cigna NewBusiness $84.40 —
United OptionsPPO $94.20 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $94.23 —
Cigna HMO $94.23 —
Cigna NetworkBenefit $94.23 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.34 —
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $109.34 —
Cigna AllOther $119.18 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $136.57 —
Evry Health COMM $143.81 —
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $167.23 —
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $167.23 —
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 —
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $188.41 —
Curative Administrators COMM $222.97 —
Prominence Health Plan HIX $222.97 —
BCBS Traditional $230.77 —
United GlobalBenefitPlan $250.84 —
City of McKinney COMM $250.84 —
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $250.84 —
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $278.71 —
Aetna ASA $281.50 —
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $306.58 —
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $306.58 —
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $306.58 —
Aetna WCOMP $306.58 —
Averde Health, Inc PPO $323.30 —
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $325.62 —
BCBS BlueEssentials $325.62 —
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $327.76 —
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $327.76 —
BCBS EPOSOA $341.59 —
BCBS PPO $357.55 —
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $362.32 —
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $390.19 —
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $390.19 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $418.06 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $418.06 —
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $418.06 —
USC Health Services COMM $445.94 —
USA Managed Care COMM $445.94 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $473.81 —
Unicare MCD $557.42 —
Independent Medical Systems COMM $557.42 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $557.42 —

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Heel (Calcaneus) X-ray (both feet) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $121.09 $28.74 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $121.09 $28.74 – $151.36
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $289.65 $28.74 – $31.04
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $461.06 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $121.09 $28.74 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $270.11 $55.60 – $405.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $287.12 $28.74 – $358.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $270.11 $30.75 – $405.16

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