Shoulder Blade (Scapula) X-ray (both sides) at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL

5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 2026

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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.

$24.06 with United vs $932.00 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 STARPerinate $24.06 —
United CHIP $24.06 —
United STAR $24.06 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $24.06 —
Amerigroup CHIP $24.06 —
United STARPLUS $24.06 —
United STARKids $24.06 —
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $25.26 —
Aetna Better Health MCD $25.98 —
Aetna Better Health CHIP $25.98 —
Molina STAR+PLUS $26.47 —
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $26.47 —
Molina CHIP $26.47 —
Molina MCDSTAR $26.47 —
Molina STARKIDS $26.47 —
Humana MGMCD $30.07 —
Aetna NewBusiness $34.50 —
Aetna Meritain $36.85 —
Aetna COMM $36.85 —
Aetna OON $43.61 —
Cigna LocalPlus $60.13 —
Cigna NewBusiness $60.19 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $65.24 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $65.24 —
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $65.24 —
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $65.24 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $65.24 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $67.20 —
Cigna HMO $67.20 —
Cigna NetworkBenefit $67.20 —
Cigna AllOther $84.99 —
Cigna IFP $125.82 —
Cigna QHP $130.48 —
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $153.55 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.55 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 —
United SmallGroup $154.52 —
United OptionsPPO $157.51 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $228.34 —
Evry Health COMM $240.46 —
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 —
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $279.60 —
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $279.60 —
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $315.02 —
Curative Administrators COMM $372.80 —
Prominence Health Plan HIX $372.80 —
BCBS Traditional $385.85 —
United GlobalBenefitPlan $419.40 —
City of McKinney COMM $419.40 —
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $419.40 —
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $457.29 —
BCBS BlueEssentials $457.29 —
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $466.00 —
Aetna ASA $470.66 —
BCBS EPOSOA $479.70 —
BCBS PPO $502.12 —
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $512.60 —
Aetna WCOMP $512.60 —
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $512.60 —
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $512.60 —
Averde Health, Inc PPO $540.56 —
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $548.02 —
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $548.02 —
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $605.80 —
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $652.40 —
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $652.40 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $699.00 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $699.00 —
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $699.00 —
USC Health Services COMM $745.60 —
USA Managed Care COMM $745.60 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $792.20 —
Unicare MCD $932.00 —
Independent Medical Systems COMM $932.00 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $932.00 —

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Shoulder Blade (Scapula) X-ray (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $223.85 $24.06 – $279.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $223.85 $24.06 – $279.81
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $270.00 $24.06 – $25.98
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $540.58 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $223.85 $24.06 – $279.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $276.52 $56.92 – $414.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $311.92 $24.06 – $389.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $276.52 $25.74 – $414.77

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