Tc-99m labeled rbc 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

$2,452.59

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.

$2,452.59

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.

$70.00 with Imaging Providers of Texas vs $2,452.59 with Independent Medical Systems — 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
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $70.00 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $171.68 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $171.68 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $171.68 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $171.68 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $171.68 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $179.67 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $179.67 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $179.67 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $229.53 ↓ -91%
BCBS BluePremier $307.93 ↓ -87%
Aetna NewBusiness $314.71 ↓ -87%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $320.95 ↓ -87%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $320.95 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $331.10 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMM $337.12 ↓ -86%
Aetna Meritain $337.12 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $343.36 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $426.75 ↓ -83%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $465.99 ↓ -81%
BCBS BlueEssentials $469.80 ↓ -81%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $469.80 ↓ -81%
BCBS EPOSOA $493.06 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $510.14 ↓ -79%
BCBS PPO $516.32 ↓ -79%
Cigna LocalPlus $576.48 ↓ -76%
Cigna NewBusiness $577.05 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $600.88 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $632.77 ↓ -74%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $644.03 ↓ -74%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $644.03 ↓ -74%
Cigna HMO $644.03 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $735.78 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $735.78 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $735.78 ↓ -70%
Humana COMM $801.79 ↓ -67%
Cigna AllOther $814.75 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $828.98 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $981.04 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $981.04 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,088.95 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,103.67 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $1,103.67 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,226.30 ↓ -50%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,348.92 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,348.92 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,348.92 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,348.92 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,422.50 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,483.82 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,483.82 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $1,594.18 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,716.81 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,716.81 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,716.81 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,839.44 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,839.44 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,962.07 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,962.07 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,084.70 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $2,452.59 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,452.59 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,452.59 ↑ +0%
Aetna ASA not published by hospital

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