X-ray abdomen 2 views at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL

5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$1,147.53

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.

$1,147.53

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.

$36.75 with Amerigroup vs $1,147.53 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
Amerigroup MGMCD $36.75 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $36.75 ↓ -97%
United STAR $36.75 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $36.75 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $36.75 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $36.75 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $36.75 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $38.59 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $39.69 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $39.69 ↓ -97%
Molina CHIP $40.43 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $40.43 ↓ -96%
Molina STAR+PLUS $40.43 ↓ -96%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $40.43 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $40.43 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPHIX $43.14 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCD $45.94 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $59.14 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMM $63.36 ↓ -94%
Aetna Meritain $63.36 ↓ -94%
Aetna OON $74.31 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $80.33 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $80.33 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $80.33 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $80.33 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $80.33 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $86.64 ↓ -92%
Cigna LocalPlus $104.46 ↓ -91%
Cigna NewBusiness $104.56 ↓ -91%
Cigna HMO $116.73 ↓ -90%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $116.73 ↓ -90%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $116.73 ↓ -90%
BCBS BluePremier $133.38 ↓ -88%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82 ↓ -87%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82 ↓ -87%
Cigna AllOther $147.64 ↓ -87%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -87%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $154.92 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $160.65 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $199.67 ↓ -83%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $281.14 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $296.06 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $344.26 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $344.26 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $387.87 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99 ↓ -62%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99 ↓ -62%
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $459.01 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $459.01 ↓ -60%
BCBS PPO $478.58 ↓ -58%
BCBS Traditional $509.50 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $516.39 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $516.39 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $573.76 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $604.75 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $631.14 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $631.14 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $631.14 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $631.14 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $665.57 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $694.26 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $694.26 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $745.89 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $803.27 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $803.27 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $803.27 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $860.65 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $860.65 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $918.02 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $918.02 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $975.40 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,147.53 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,147.53 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,147.53 ↑ +0%

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