Wrist X-ray 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.
$41.44 with United vs $850.23 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | STARKids | $41.44 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $41.44 | — |
| United | CHIP | $41.44 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $41.44 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $41.44 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $41.44 | — |
| United | STAR | $41.44 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $43.51 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $44.76 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $44.76 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $45.58 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $45.58 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $45.58 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $45.58 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $45.58 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $51.80 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $54.40 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $59.52 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $59.52 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $59.52 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $59.52 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $59.52 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $74.59 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $79.90 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $79.90 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $83.86 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $83.86 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $93.71 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $94.97 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $104.55 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $104.55 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $105.20 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $114.78 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $119.03 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $131.27 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $131.40 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $146.70 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $146.70 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $146.70 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $147.94 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $182.03 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $185.54 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $208.31 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $219.36 | — |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $255.07 | — |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $255.07 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $287.38 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $310.46 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $310.46 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $325.62 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $340.09 | — |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $340.09 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $340.79 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $377.50 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $382.60 | — |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $382.60 | — |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $425.12 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $448.07 | — |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $467.63 | — |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $467.63 | — |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $467.63 | — |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $467.63 | — |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $493.13 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $514.39 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $514.39 | — |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $552.65 | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $595.16 | — |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $595.16 | — |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $595.16 | — |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $637.67 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $637.67 | — |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $680.18 | — |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $680.18 | — |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $722.70 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $850.23 | — |
| Unicare | MCD | $850.23 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $850.23 | — |
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Wrist X-ray at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $309.46 | $41.44 – $386.82 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $309.46 | $41.44 – $386.82 |
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | $502.05 | $41.44 – $44.76 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $533.77 | $307.27 – $307.27 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $309.46 | $41.44 – $386.82 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $359.02 | $73.90 – $538.52 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $415.32 | $41.44 – $519.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $359.02 | $44.34 – $538.52 |