Kidney imaging morphology 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

$4,899.07

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.

$4,899.07

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.

$160.71 with United vs $4,899.07 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
United CHIP $160.71 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $160.71 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $160.71 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $160.71 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $160.71 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $160.71 ↓ -97%
United STAR $160.71 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $168.75 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $173.57 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $173.57 ↓ -96%
Molina CHIP $176.78 ↓ -96%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $176.78 ↓ -96%
Molina STAR+PLUS $176.78 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $176.78 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $176.78 ↓ -96%
BCBS BluePremier $184.41 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCD $200.89 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $203.01 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $203.01 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPHIX $237.34 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $325.41 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $342.93 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $342.93 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $342.93 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $342.93 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $342.93 ↓ -93%
Aetna Meritain $348.59 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMM $348.59 ↓ -93%
Aetna OON $408.85 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $471.74 ↓ -90%
United SmallGroup $471.74 ↓ -90%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $602.83 ↓ -88%
BCBS BlueEssentials $602.83 ↓ -88%
Humana COMM $628.90 ↓ -87%
BCBS EPOSOA $632.28 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $661.37 ↓ -87%
BCBS PPO $661.72 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $685.87 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $852.44 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,200.27 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $1,263.96 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $1,469.72 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $1,469.72 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,655.89 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,959.63 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,959.63 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $2,175.19 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $2,204.58 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,204.58 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,449.53 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $2,581.81 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,694.49 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $2,694.49 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,694.49 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,694.49 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,841.46 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,963.94 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,963.94 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $3,184.40 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,429.35 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,429.35 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,429.35 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,674.30 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,674.30 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $3,919.26 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $3,919.26 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4,164.21 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4,899.07 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,899.07 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $4,899.07 ↑ +0%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $539.97 $157.04 – $1,021.72
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,144.04 $157.04 – $1,430.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $997.30 $168.03 – $1,495.95
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