Lymph vessel x-ray arms/legs 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.

$299.60 with United vs $4,670.48 with BCBS — 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 STARPLUS $299.60
United STARPerinate $299.60
Amerigroup MGMCD $299.60
Amerigroup CHIP $299.60
United CHIP $299.60
United STAR $299.60
United STARKids $299.60
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $314.58
Aetna Better Health MCD $323.57
Aetna Better Health CHIP $323.57
Molina STAR+PLUS $329.56
Molina STARKIDS $329.56
Molina MCDSTAR $329.56
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $329.56
Molina CHIP $329.56
Humana MGMCD $374.50
Cigna LocalPlus $782.88
Cigna NewBusiness $783.63
United SmallGroup $826.97
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $826.97
Cigna HMO $874.87
Cigna NetworkBenefit $874.87
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $874.87
Humana COMM $1,000.97
Cigna AllOther $1,106.54
BCBS BluePremier $1,301.61
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,432.86
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,432.86
Aetna QHPHIX $2,338.48
United AllPayerAppendix $3,163.82
Aetna NewBusiness $3,206.28
Aetna Meritain $3,434.65
Aetna COMM $3,434.65
Aetna OON $4,028.40
BCBS BlueEssentials $4,254.84
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $4,254.84
BCBS EPOSOA $4,462.66
BCBS PPO $4,670.48

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Lymph vessel x-ray arms/legs at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $299.60 – $323.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,288.81 $265.28 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,288.81 $299.60 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,288.81 $320.57 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,288.81 $299.60 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,288.81 $299.60 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $1,288.81 $299.60 – $3,967.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $1,288.81 $299.60 – $3,967.42

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