Tc-99m pentetate dtpa aerosol 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

$1,916.88

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.

$1,916.88

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.

$34.72 with United vs $1,916.88 with Unicare — 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 SmallGroup $34.72 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $34.72 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $34.72 ↓ -98%
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $70.00 ↓ -96%
Cigna LocalPlus $104.80 ↓ -95%
Cigna NewBusiness $104.91 ↓ -95%
Cigna HMO $117.08 ↓ -94%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $117.08 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $117.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $134.18 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $134.18 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $134.18 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $134.18 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $134.18 ↓ -93%
Cigna AllOther $148.12 ↓ -92%
Cigna IFP $258.78 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $268.36 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $323.95 ↓ -83%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $364.21 ↓ -81%
Superior HMO $383.38 ↓ -80%
Superior ValueHMO $383.38 ↓ -80%
Superior EPO $383.38 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $398.71 ↓ -79%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $458.13 ↓ -76%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $458.13 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $469.64 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $479.22 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $494.56 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $575.06 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $575.06 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $601.90 ↓ -69%
BCBS BlueEssentials $601.90 ↓ -69%
BCBS EPOSOA $632.57 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $647.91 ↓ -66%
BCBS PPO $661.32 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $766.75 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $766.75 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $793.59 ↓ -59%
City of McKinney COMM $862.60 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $862.60 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $862.60 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $958.44 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $968.02 ↓ -50%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,054.28 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,054.28 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,054.28 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,054.28 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,111.79 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,127.13 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,127.13 ↓ -41%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $1,245.97 ↓ -35%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,341.82 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,341.82 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,437.66 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,437.66 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,437.66 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,533.50 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,533.50 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,629.35 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,916.88 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,916.88 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,916.88 ↑ +0%

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Tc-99m pentetate dtpa aerosol at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $139.65 not published
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $46.62 $29.10 – $99.90
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $634.90 $35.67 – $1,814.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $634.90 $29.10 – $1,814.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $634.90 $29.10 – $1,814.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $634.90 $29.10 – $1,814.00
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen $139.65 not published
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound Flower Mound $139.65 not published

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