Vein x-ray kidney at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
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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.
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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.
$114.69 with Aetna vs $11,833.37 with BCBS — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $114.69 | — |
| United | CHIP | $119.63 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $119.63 | — |
| United | STAR | $119.63 | — |
| United | STARKids | $119.63 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $119.63 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $119.63 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $119.63 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $125.61 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $129.20 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $129.20 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $131.59 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $131.59 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $131.59 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $131.59 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $131.59 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $149.54 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $157.25 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $168.45 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $168.45 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $197.57 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $277.35 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $277.61 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $309.94 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $309.94 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $309.94 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $341.62 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $392.01 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $475.81 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $475.81 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $475.81 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $475.81 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $475.81 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $917.64 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $951.63 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,182.74 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $1,413.85 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,665.35 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $1,753.72 | — |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $2,039.20 | — |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $2,039.20 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $2,297.50 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,718.94 | — |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $2,718.94 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,018.02 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $3,058.81 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $3,058.81 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $3,297.82 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $3,365.20 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $3,365.20 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $3,398.68 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $3,582.20 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $3,630.38 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $3,630.38 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $3,738.54 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $3,738.54 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $3,738.54 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $3,738.54 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $3,942.46 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $4,112.40 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $4,112.40 | — |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $4,418.28 | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $4,758.15 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $4,758.15 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $4,758.15 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $5,098.01 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $5,098.01 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $5,437.88 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $5,437.88 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $5,777.75 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $6,438.74 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $6,797.35 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $6,797.35 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $6,797.35 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $10,780.28 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $10,780.28 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $11,306.82 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $11,833.37 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Vein x-ray kidney at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,571.95 | $119.63 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $2,571.95 | $119.63 – $3,999.73 |
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | $2,634.90 | $119.63 – $129.20 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,571.95 | $119.63 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,216.83 | $71.00 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,650.18 | $71.00 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,216.83 | $85.00 – $7,896.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,216.83 | $119.63 – $7,896.23 |