Tc-99m sulfur colloid 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

$2,538.06

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.

$2,538.06

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 $2,538.06 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
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $70.00 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $177.66 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $177.66 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $177.66 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $177.66 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $177.66 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $183.75 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $183.75 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $268.96 ↓ -89%
BCBS BlueEssentials $268.96 ↓ -89%
BCBS EPOSOA $282.28 ↓ -89%
BCBS PPO $295.59 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $342.64 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $355.33 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $428.93 ↓ -83%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $482.23 ↓ -81%
Superior HMO $507.61 ↓ -80%
Superior ValueHMO $507.61 ↓ -80%
Superior EPO $507.61 ↓ -80%
Oscar HIX $527.92 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $621.82 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $634.51 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $654.82 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $761.42 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $761.42 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $857.86 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,015.22 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,015.22 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,050.76 ↓ -59%
United GlobalBenefitPlan $1,142.13 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $1,142.13 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,142.13 ↓ -55%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,239.81 ↓ -51%
United SmallGroup $1,239.81 ↓ -51%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,239.81 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,269.03 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,281.72 ↓ -50%
Aetna WCOMP $1,395.93 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,395.93 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,395.93 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,395.93 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,472.07 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,492.38 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,492.38 ↓ -41%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $1,649.74 ↓ -35%
Cigna LocalPlus $1,650.17 ↓ -35%
Cigna NewBusiness $1,651.80 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,776.64 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,776.64 ↓ -30%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,843.52 ↓ -27%
Cigna HMO $1,843.52 ↓ -27%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,843.52 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,903.55 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,903.55 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,903.55 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $2,030.45 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $2,030.45 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,157.35 ↓ -15%
Cigna AllOther $2,332.22 ↓ -8%
Unicare MCD $2,538.06 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,538.06 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,538.06 ↑ +0%

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