Parathyroid planar img w/tomo spect 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

$5,695.74

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.

$5,695.74

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.

$326.78 with United vs $5,695.74 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
United STAR $326.78 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $326.78 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup CHIP $326.78 ↓ -94%
United STARPerinate $326.78 ↓ -94%
United STARPLUS $326.78 ↓ -94%
United STARKids $326.78 ↓ -94%
United CHIP $326.78 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $343.12 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MCD $352.92 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $352.92 ↓ -94%
Molina STARKIDS $359.46 ↓ -94%
Molina MCDSTAR $359.46 ↓ -94%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $359.46 ↓ -94%
Molina CHIP $359.46 ↓ -94%
Molina STAR+PLUS $359.46 ↓ -94%
BCBS BluePremier $368.83 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $398.70 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $398.70 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $398.70 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $398.70 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $398.70 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $406.02 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $406.02 ↓ -93%
Humana MGMCD $408.47 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $464.18 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $471.74 ↓ -92%
United SmallGroup $471.74 ↓ -92%
Aetna NewBusiness $636.43 ↓ -89%
Aetna Meritain $681.76 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMM $681.76 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $768.92 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $797.40 ↓ -86%
Aetna OON $799.62 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $991.06 ↓ -83%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,205.67 ↓ -79%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,205.67 ↓ -79%
Humana COMM $1,253.97 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,264.56 ↓ -78%
BCBS PPO $1,323.44 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,395.46 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $1,469.50 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $1,708.72 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $1,708.72 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,925.16 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $2,278.30 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,278.30 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $2,528.91 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $2,563.08 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,563.08 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,847.87 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $3,001.65 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,132.66 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $3,132.66 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,132.66 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,132.66 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,303.53 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $3,445.92 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $3,445.92 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $3,702.23 ↓ -35%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,987.02 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,987.02 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,987.02 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $4,271.81 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,271.81 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $4,556.59 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $4,556.59 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4,841.38 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $5,695.74 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $5,695.74 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,695.74 ↑ +0%

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