Orthopantogram 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

$1,000.38

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.

$1,000.38

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.

$13.26 with Aetna vs $1,000.38 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
Aetna QHPHIX $13.26 ↓ -99%
Aetna NewBusiness $18.18 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $18.38 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $18.38 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup CHIP $18.38 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $18.38 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $18.38 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $18.38 ↓ -98%
United STAR $18.38 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $19.30 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMM $19.48 ↓ -98%
Aetna Meritain $19.48 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $19.85 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $19.85 ↓ -98%
Molina MCDSTAR $20.22 ↓ -98%
Molina STAR+PLUS $20.22 ↓ -98%
Molina STARKIDS $20.22 ↓ -98%
Molina CHIP $20.22 ↓ -98%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $20.22 ↓ -98%
Aetna OON $22.84 ↓ -98%
Humana MGMCD $22.97 ↓ -98%
Cigna LocalPlus $33.28 ↓ -97%
Cigna NewBusiness $33.31 ↓ -97%
Cigna HMO $37.19 ↓ -96%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $37.19 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $37.19 ↓ -96%
Humana COMM $38.26 ↓ -96%
Cigna AllOther $47.03 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $70.03 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $70.03 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $70.03 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $70.03 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $70.03 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86 ↓ -92%
United SmallGroup $83.86 ↓ -92%
BCBS BluePremier $94.97 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55 ↓ -90%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55 ↓ -90%
Cigna IFP $135.05 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $140.05 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $174.07 ↓ -83%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -82%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $245.09 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $258.10 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $300.11 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $300.11 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46 ↓ -69%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46 ↓ -69%
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $338.13 ↓ -66%
BCBS PPO $340.79 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $400.15 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $400.15 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $444.17 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $450.17 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $450.17 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $500.19 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $527.20 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $550.21 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $550.21 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $550.21 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $550.21 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $580.22 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $605.23 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $605.23 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $650.25 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $700.27 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $700.27 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $700.27 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $750.28 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $750.28 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $800.30 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $800.30 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $850.32 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,000.38 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,000.38 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,000.38 ↑ +0%

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