Liver imaging 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

$3,690.33

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.

$3,690.33

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.

$179.10 with United vs $3,690.33 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 $179.10 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup CHIP $179.10 ↓ -95%
United CHIP $179.10 ↓ -95%
United STARPerinate $179.10 ↓ -95%
United STARPLUS $179.10 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $179.10 ↓ -95%
United STARKids $179.10 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $188.06 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $193.43 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MCD $193.43 ↓ -95%
Molina CHIP $197.01 ↓ -95%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $197.01 ↓ -95%
Molina STARKIDS $197.01 ↓ -95%
Molina STAR+PLUS $197.01 ↓ -95%
Molina MCDSTAR $197.01 ↓ -95%
BCBS BluePremier $209.71 ↓ -94%
Humana MGMCD $223.88 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $230.86 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $230.86 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $258.32 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $258.32 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $258.32 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $258.32 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $258.32 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $270.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $370.20 ↓ -90%
Aetna Meritain $396.57 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMM $396.57 ↓ -89%
Aetna OON $465.12 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $498.19 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $516.65 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $642.12 ↓ -83%
BCBS BlueEssentials $685.53 ↓ -81%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $685.53 ↓ -81%
Humana COMM $704.41 ↓ -81%
BCBS EPOSOA $719.02 ↓ -81%
BCBS PPO $752.50 ↓ -80%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $904.13 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $952.11 ↓ -74%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $1,107.10 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $1,107.10 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,247.33 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,476.13 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,476.13 ↓ -60%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,623.62 ↓ -56%
United SmallGroup $1,623.62 ↓ -56%
BCBS Traditional $1,638.51 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $1,660.65 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,660.65 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,845.16 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,944.80 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,029.68 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,029.68 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $2,029.68 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,029.68 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,140.39 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,232.65 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,232.65 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $2,398.71 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,583.23 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,583.23 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,583.23 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,767.75 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,767.75 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $2,952.26 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $2,952.26 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,136.78 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,690.33 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $3,690.33 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,690.33 ↑ +0%

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