Lymph vessel x-ray trunk 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.

$313.39 with United vs $8,200.88 with Aetna — 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 $313.39
United STARPerinate $313.39
Amerigroup CHIP $313.39
United STARPLUS $313.39
United STARKids $313.39
United STAR $313.39
Amerigroup MGMCD $313.39
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $329.06
Aetna Better Health CHIP $338.46
Aetna Better Health MCD $338.46
Molina STAR+PLUS $344.73
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $344.73
Molina MCDSTAR $344.73
Molina STARKIDS $344.73
Molina CHIP $344.73
Humana MGMCD $391.74
Cigna LocalPlus $866.36
Cigna NewBusiness $867.19
Cigna NetworkBenefit $968.16
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $968.16
Cigna HMO $968.16
Humana COMM $1,128.99
Cigna AllOther $1,224.54
BCBS BluePremier $1,301.61
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,327.01
United SmallGroup $1,327.01
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,432.86
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,432.86
BCBS BlueEssentials $4,254.84
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $4,254.84
BCBS EPOSOA $4,462.66
BCBS PPO $4,670.48
Aetna QHPHIX $4,760.60
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74
Aetna NewBusiness $6,527.23
Aetna Meritain $6,992.13
Aetna COMM $6,992.13
Aetna OON $8,200.88

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Lymph vessel x-ray trunk at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,694.05 $313.39 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $2,694.05 $313.39 – $3,816.58
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $313.39 – $338.46
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,694.05 $313.39 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,494.49 $71.00 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,494.49 $71.00 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,494.49 $85.00 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,494.49 $313.39 – $7,896.23

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