Shoulder X-ray 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.

$35.09 with United vs $1,036.04 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 STARPLUS $35.09
Amerigroup MGMCD $35.09
United CHIP $35.09
Amerigroup CHIP $35.09
United STARPerinate $35.09
United STAR $35.09
United STARKids $35.09
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $36.84
Aetna Better Health MCD $37.90
Aetna Better Health CHIP $37.90
Molina CHIP $38.60
Molina STARKIDS $38.60
Molina STAR+PLUS $38.60
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $38.60
Molina MCDSTAR $38.60
Aetna QHPHIX $42.57
Humana MGMCD $43.86
Aetna NewBusiness $58.37
Aetna Meritain $62.53
Aetna COMM $62.53
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $72.52
Superior Health Plan STARKids $72.52
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $72.52
Superior Health Plan CHIP $72.52
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $72.52
Aetna OON $73.34
Humana COMM $79.55
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
United SmallGroup $83.86
BCBS BluePremier $94.97
Cigna LocalPlus $103.08
Cigna NewBusiness $103.18
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
Cigna NetworkBenefit $115.20
Cigna HMO $115.20
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $115.20
Cigna IFP $139.87
Cigna QHP $145.05
Cigna AllOther $145.70
United OptionsPPO $180.27
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $253.83
Evry Health COMM $267.30
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $310.81
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $310.81
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
BCBS PPO $340.79
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $350.18
Prominence Health Plan HIX $414.42
Curative Administrators COMM $414.42
BCBS Traditional $460.00
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $466.22
City of McKinney COMM $466.22
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $518.02
Aetna ASA $545.99
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $569.82
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $569.82
Aetna WCOMP $569.82
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $569.82
Averde Health, Inc PPO $600.90
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $626.80
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $626.80
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $673.43
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $725.23
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $725.23
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $725.23
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $777.03
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $777.03
USC Health Services COMM $828.83
USA Managed Care COMM $828.83
Galaxy Health Network PPO $880.63
Unicare MCD $1,036.04
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,036.04
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,036.04

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Shoulder X-ray at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $306.88 $35.09 – $383.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $306.88 $35.09 – $383.60
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $282.15 $35.09 – $37.90
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $692.77 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $306.88 $35.09 – $383.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $344.38 $70.88 – $516.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $399.22 $35.09 – $499.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $344.38 $37.55 – $516.56

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