Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci 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

$283.87

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.

$283.87

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.

$10.47 with Cigna vs $283.87 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
Cigna LocalPlus $10.47 ↓ -96%
Cigna NewBusiness $10.48 ↓ -96%
Cigna HMO $11.69 ↓ -96%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $11.69 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11.69 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $13.56 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $13.56 ↓ -95%
Cigna AllOther $14.79 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $18.18 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.18 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $18.18 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueEssentials $19.85 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $19.85 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $19.87 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $19.87 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $19.87 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $19.87 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $19.87 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $20.83 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $21.81 ↓ -92%
Cigna IFP $38.32 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $39.74 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $47.97 ↓ -83%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $53.94 ↓ -81%
Superior EPO $56.77 ↓ -80%
Superior ValueHMO $56.77 ↓ -80%
Superior HMO $56.77 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $59.04 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $69.55 ↓ -75%
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $70.00 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $70.97 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $73.24 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $85.16 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $85.16 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $95.95 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $113.55 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $113.55 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $117.52 ↓ -59%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $127.74 ↓ -55%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $127.74 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $127.74 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $141.94 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $143.35 ↓ -50%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $156.13 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $156.13 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $156.13 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $156.13 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $164.64 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $166.92 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $166.92 ↓ -41%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $184.52 ↓ -35%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $198.71 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $198.71 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $212.90 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $212.90 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $212.90 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $227.10 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $227.10 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $241.29 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $283.87 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $283.87 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $283.87 ↑ +0%

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Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $191.98 $4.19 – $38.28
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $235.55 $4.19 – $38.28
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $244.54 $4.19 – $38.28
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $8.82 $4.28 – $18.75
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $9.10 $3.54 – $26.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $58.98 $5.42 – $303.30
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $11.25 $8.41 – $73.00
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $165.94 $4.19 – $38.28

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