X-ray abdomen >=3 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

$1,361.59

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.

$1,361.59

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.

$43.10 with United vs $1,361.59 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
United STARPLUS $43.10 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $43.10 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $43.10 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $43.10 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $43.10 ↓ -97%
United STAR $43.10 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $43.10 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $45.26 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $46.55 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $46.55 ↓ -97%
Molina CHIP $47.41 ↓ -97%
Molina STARKIDS $47.41 ↓ -97%
Molina STAR+PLUS $47.41 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $47.41 ↓ -97%
Molina MCDSTAR $47.41 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPHIX $51.02 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCD $53.88 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $69.95 ↓ -95%
Aetna Meritain $74.94 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMM $74.94 ↓ -94%
Aetna OON $87.89 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $95.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $95.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $95.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $95.31 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $95.31 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $100.89 ↓ -93%
Cigna LocalPlus $121.89 ↓ -91%
Cigna NewBusiness $122.01 ↓ -91%
BCBS BluePremier $133.38 ↓ -90%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $136.21 ↓ -90%
Cigna HMO $136.21 ↓ -90%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $136.21 ↓ -90%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82 ↓ -89%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82 ↓ -89%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -89%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -89%
Cigna AllOther $172.28 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $183.81 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $190.62 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $236.92 ↓ -83%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -82%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $333.59 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $351.29 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $408.48 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $408.48 ↓ -70%
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99 ↓ -68%
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29 ↓ -66%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $460.22 ↓ -66%
BCBS PPO $478.58 ↓ -65%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $544.64 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $544.64 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $604.55 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $612.72 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $612.72 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $680.79 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $717.56 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $748.87 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $748.87 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $748.87 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $748.87 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $789.72 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $823.76 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $823.76 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $885.03 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $953.11 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $953.11 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $953.11 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,021.19 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,021.19 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,089.27 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,089.27 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,157.35 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,361.59 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,361.59 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,361.59 ↑ +0%

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