Salivary gland imaging 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.

$166.40 with Amerigroup vs $848.52 with United — 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 $166.40
United STARPLUS $166.40
United STARKids $166.40
Amerigroup CHIP $166.40
United STARPerinate $166.40
United CHIP $166.40
United STAR $166.40
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $174.72
Aetna Better Health MCD $179.71
Aetna Better Health CHIP $179.71
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $183.04
Molina CHIP $183.04
Molina STAR+PLUS $183.04
Molina STARKIDS $183.04
Molina MCDSTAR $183.04
BCBS BluePremier $187.84
BCBS MyBlueHealth $206.78
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $206.78
Humana MGMCD $208.00
Aetna QHPHIX $245.22
Aetna NewBusiness $336.22
Aetna Meritain $360.17
Aetna COMM $360.17
Aetna OON $422.43
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $471.74
United SmallGroup $471.74
BCBS BlueEssentials $614.04
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $614.04
Humana COMM $633.16
BCBS EPOSOA $644.03
BCBS PPO $674.02
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52

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Salivary gland imaging at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $166.40 – $179.71
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $641.66 $158.08 – $1,723.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $175.35 $292.25 – $1,052.10
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen $747.90 $166.40 – $179.71
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound Flower Mound $747.90 $166.40 – $183.04
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $175.35 $257.18 – $1,052.10
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano Plano $747.90 $166.40 – $179.71
Texas Health Hospital Rockwall Rockwall $747.90 $166.40 – $179.71

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →