Strapping of chest at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$698.35
Cash price 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.
$698.35
Gross charge 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.
$15.78 with United vs $4,332.00 with Aetna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | CHIP | $15.78 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARPerinate | $15.78 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARPLUS | $15.78 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARKids | $15.78 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STAR | $15.78 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $16.57 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $16.57 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $16.57 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | CHIP | $17.36 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $17.36 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $17.36 | ↓ -98% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $17.36 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $17.36 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $18.94 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $18.94 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $19.72 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $26.09 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $48.88 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $48.88 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $48.88 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $48.88 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $48.88 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | COMM | $84.56 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $89.35 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $89.35 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $94.28 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $97.77 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $114.87 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $114.87 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $120.69 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $121.51 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | PPO | $126.32 | ↓ -82% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $164.06 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $236.04 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $310.07 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | ASA | $368.03 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $422.50 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $422.50 | ↓ -40% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $488.85 | ↓ -30% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,259.00 | ↑ +80% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,454.00 | ↑ +108% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $1,572.00 | ↑ +125% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $1,574.00 | ↑ +125% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,672.00 | ↑ +139% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,757.00 | ↑ +152% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,757.00 | ↑ +152% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $1,757.00 | ↑ +152% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,995.00 | ↑ +186% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,069.00 | ↑ +196% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,174.00 | ↑ +211% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $2,222.00 | ↑ +218% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $2,287.00 | ↑ +227% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $2,513.00 | ↑ +260% |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,636.00 | ↑ +277% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $3,445.00 | ↑ +393% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $3,682.00 | ↑ +427% |
| Aetna | COMM | $3,682.00 | ↑ +427% |
| Aetna | OON | $4,332.00 | ↑ +520% |
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Strapping of chest at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $226.35 | $15.78 – $390.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $226.35 | $15.78 – $350.97 |
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | not published | $15.78 – $17.04 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $226.35 | $15.78 – $390.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $196.93 | $16.88 – $390.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $196.93 | $15.78 – $390.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $196.93 | $16.88 – $390.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $196.93 | $15.78 – $390.34 |