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

$12,786.37

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.

$12,786.37

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.

$146.54 with Amerigroup vs $12,786.37 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
Amerigroup MGMCD $146.54 ↓ -99%
United CHIP $146.54 ↓ -99%
United STAR $146.54 ↓ -99%
United STARKids $146.54 ↓ -99%
United STARPLUS $146.54 ↓ -99%
United STARPerinate $146.54 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup CHIP $146.54 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $153.87 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MCD $158.26 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $158.26 ↓ -99%
Molina CHIP $161.19 ↓ -99%
Molina STARKIDS $161.19 ↓ -99%
Molina STAR+PLUS $161.19 ↓ -99%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $161.19 ↓ -99%
Molina MCDSTAR $161.19 ↓ -99%
Humana MGMCD $183.17 ↓ -99%
Humana COMM $364.18 ↓ -97%
Cigna LocalPlus $829.33 ↓ -94%
Cigna NewBusiness $830.13 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $895.05 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $895.05 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $895.05 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $895.05 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $895.05 ↓ -93%
Cigna HMO $926.78 ↓ -93%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $926.78 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $926.78 ↓ -93%
Cigna AllOther $1,172.20 ↓ -91%
Cigna IFP $1,726.16 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $1,790.09 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $2,224.83 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $3,132.66 ↓ -76%
BCBS BluePremier $3,297.82 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $3,298.88 ↓ -74%
United SmallGroup $3,365.20 ↓ -74%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3,365.20 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $3,630.38 ↓ -72%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,630.38 ↓ -72%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $3,835.91 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $3,835.91 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $4,321.79 ↓ -66%
Aetna QHPHIX $4,760.60 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $5,114.55 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $5,114.55 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $5,677.15 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $5,753.87 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $5,753.87 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $6,393.19 ↓ -50%
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74 ↓ -50%
Aetna NewBusiness $6,527.23 ↓ -49%
Aetna ASA $6,738.42 ↓ -47%
Aetna COMM $6,992.13 ↓ -45%
Aetna Meritain $6,992.13 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $7,032.50 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $7,032.50 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $7,032.50 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $7,032.50 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $7,416.09 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $7,735.75 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $7,735.75 ↓ -40%
Aetna OON $8,200.88 ↓ -36%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $8,311.14 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $8,950.46 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $8,950.46 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $8,950.46 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $9,589.78 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $9,589.78 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $10,229.10 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $10,229.10 ↓ -20%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $10,780.28 ↓ -16%
BCBS BlueEssentials $10,780.28 ↓ -16%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $10,868.41 ↓ -15%
BCBS EPOSOA $11,306.82 ↓ -12%
BCBS PPO $11,833.37 ↓ -7%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $12,786.37 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $12,786.37 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $12,786.37 ↑ +0%

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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 $1,238.59 $146.54 – $7,896.23
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,238.59 $146.54 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,859.41 $588.56 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,643.68 $146.54 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,859.41 $156.80 – $7,896.23
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