MRA without fol w/cont, lwr ext 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.

$357.60 with Superior Health Plan vs $5,108.50 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $357.60
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $357.60
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $357.60
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $357.60
Superior Health Plan STARKids $357.60
BCBS BluePremier $454.40
BCBS MyBlueHealth $500.22
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $500.22
United SmallGroup $616.10
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $616.10
Cigna IFP $689.65
Cigna QHP $715.19
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
Aetna QHPHIX $832.69
United OptionsPPO $888.88
Aetna NewBusiness $1,215.82
Aetna COMM $1,307.78
Aetna Meritain $1,307.78
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,485.40
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,485.40
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $1,532.55
Aetna OON $1,532.55
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $1,532.55
BCBS EPOSOA $1,557.95
BCBS PPO $1,630.50
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,726.67
Prominence Health Plan HIX $2,043.40
BCBS Traditional $2,268.17
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,298.82
City of McKinney COMM $2,298.82
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,554.25
Aetna ASA $2,692.18
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,809.68
Aetna WCOMP $2,809.68
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,809.68
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,809.68
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,962.93
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $3,090.64
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $3,090.64
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $3,320.53
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,575.95
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,575.95
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,831.38
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,831.38
USC Health Services COMM $4,086.80
USA Managed Care COMM $4,086.80
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4,342.23
Unicare MCD $5,108.50
Independent Medical Systems COMM $5,108.50
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,108.50

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