Io rad tx delivery by 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

$31,553.33

Cash price

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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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$31,553.33

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.

$627.80 with BCBS vs $31,553.33 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 $627.80 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPHIX $754.61 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $845.11 ↓ -97%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $845.11 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,034.64 ↓ -97%
Aetna Meritain $1,108.34 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMM $1,108.34 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,134.86 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,134.86 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,192.81 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $1,248.35 ↓ -96%
Aetna OON $1,299.94 ↓ -96%
Cigna IFP $4,259.70 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $4,417.47 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $5,490.28 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $6,563.09 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $7,730.57 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $8,140.76 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $9,466.00 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $9,466.00 ↓ -70%
Humana COMM $9,778.38 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $10,665.03 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $12,621.33 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $12,621.33 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $14,009.68 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $14,199.00 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $14,199.00 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $15,776.67 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $16,628.60 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $17,354.33 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $17,354.33 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $17,354.33 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $17,354.33 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $18,300.93 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $19,089.76 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $19,089.76 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $20,509.66 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $22,087.33 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $22,087.33 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $22,087.33 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $23,665.00 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $23,665.00 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $25,242.66 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $25,242.66 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $26,820.33 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $31,553.33 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $31,553.33 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $31,553.33 ↑ +0%

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Io rad tx delivery by x-ray at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $2,375.04 $441.87 – $2,086.97
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield $52,867.38 $887.85 – $14,797.71
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $929.62 – $929.62
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $441.87 – $2,086.97
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $441.87 – $2,086.97
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $946.52 – $946.52
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $441.87 – $2,086.97
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $441.87 – $2,086.97

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