Hip 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.

$47.78 with Amerigroup vs $888.89 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
Amerigroup MGMCD $47.78
United STARPLUS $47.78
United CHIP $47.78
United STARPerinate $47.78
United STAR $47.78
Amerigroup CHIP $47.78
United STARKids $47.78
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $50.17
Aetna Better Health CHIP $51.60
Aetna Better Health MCD $51.60
Molina STAR+PLUS $52.56
Molina STARKIDS $52.56
Molina MCDSTAR $52.56
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $52.56
Molina CHIP $52.56
Humana MGMCD $59.73
Aetna QHPHIX $60.60
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $62.22
Superior Health Plan CHIP $62.22
Superior Health Plan STARKids $62.22
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $62.22
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $62.22
Aetna NewBusiness $83.08
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Aetna Meritain $89.00
Aetna COMM $89.00
BCBS BluePremier $94.97
Aetna OON $104.38
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
Cigna IFP $120.00
Humana COMM $120.85
Cigna QHP $124.44
Cigna LocalPlus $146.08
Cigna NewBusiness $146.22
United OptionsPPO $154.67
Cigna NetworkBenefit $163.24
Cigna HMO $163.24
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $163.24
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Cigna AllOther $206.47
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $217.78
Evry Health COMM $229.33
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $266.67
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $266.67
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $300.44
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
BCBS PPO $340.79
Prominence Health Plan HIX $355.56
Curative Administrators COMM $355.56
BCBS Traditional $394.67
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $400.00
City of McKinney COMM $400.00
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $444.44
Aetna ASA $468.45
Aetna WCOMP $488.89
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $488.89
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $488.89
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $488.89
Averde Health, Inc PPO $515.56
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $537.78
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $537.78
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $577.78
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $622.22
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $622.22
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $622.22
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $666.67
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $666.67
USA Managed Care COMM $711.11
USC Health Services COMM $711.11
Galaxy Health Network PPO $755.56
Independent Medical Systems COMM $888.89
Unicare MCD $888.89
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $888.89

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Hip X-ray at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $296.05 $47.78 – $370.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $296.05 $47.78 – $370.06
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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $656.42 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $296.05 $47.78 – $370.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $301.92 $62.15 – $452.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $310.59 $47.78 – $388.24
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