MRI loex nonjt w IV cont 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.

$271.31 with United vs $8,312.97 with Unicare — 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 STARKids $271.31
United CHIP $271.31
Amerigroup CHIP $271.31
United STAR $271.31
Amerigroup MGMCD $271.31
United STARPerinate $271.31
United STARPLUS $271.31
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $284.88
Aetna Better Health CHIP $293.01
Aetna Better Health MCD $293.01
Molina CHIP $298.44
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $298.44
Molina STAR+PLUS $298.44
Molina STARKIDS $298.44
Molina MCDSTAR $298.44
Humana MGMCD $339.14
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $341.20
United SmallGroup $341.20
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $450.00
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $481.13
BCBS MyBlueHealth $481.13
BCBS BluePremier $496.41
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $581.91
Superior Health Plan CHIP $581.91
Superior Health Plan STARKids $581.91
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $581.91
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $581.91
Aetna QHPHIX $761.00
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
Aetna NewBusiness $1,045.00
Humana COMM $1,050.70
Aetna COMM $1,117.00
Aetna Meritain $1,117.00
Cigna IFP $1,122.25
Cigna QHP $1,163.82
Aetna OON $1,314.00
United OptionsPPO $1,446.46
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,485.40
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,485.40
BCBS EPOSOA $1,557.95
BCBS PPO $1,630.50
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $2,493.89
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $2,493.89
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,809.78
Prominence Health Plan HIX $3,325.19
BCBS Traditional $3,690.96
City of McKinney COMM $3,740.84
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $3,740.84
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $4,156.48
Aetna ASA $4,380.94
Aetna WCOMP $4,572.13
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $4,572.13
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $4,572.13
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $4,572.13
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4,821.52
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $5,029.35
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $5,029.35
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $5,403.43
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $5,819.08
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $5,819.08
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $6,234.73
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $6,234.73
USC Health Services COMM $6,650.38
USA Managed Care COMM $6,650.38
Galaxy Health Network PPO $7,066.02
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $8,312.97
Independent Medical Systems COMM $8,312.97
Unicare MCD $8,312.97

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MRI loex nonjt w IV cont at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,541.64 $271.31 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $1,541.64 $271.31 – $2,149.00
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $3,482.70 $271.31 – $293.01
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,541.64 $271.31 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,000.00 $494.01 – $4,500.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,770.20 $271.31 – $3,462.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $3,000.00 $290.30 – $4,500.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $3,000.00 $271.31 – $4,500.00

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