X-ray abdomen complete acute series including spine erect and/or decubitus single view chest 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

$1,058.36

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.

$1,058.36

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.

$50.13 with United vs $1,058.36 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
United CHIP $50.13 ↓ -95%
United STARPerinate $50.13 ↓ -95%
United STARPLUS $50.13 ↓ -95%
United STARKids $50.13 ↓ -95%
United STAR $50.13 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup CHIP $50.13 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $50.13 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $52.64 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $54.14 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MCD $54.14 ↓ -95%
Molina MCDSTAR $55.14 ↓ -95%
Molina STARKIDS $55.14 ↓ -95%
Molina STAR+PLUS $55.14 ↓ -95%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $55.14 ↓ -95%
Molina CHIP $55.14 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPHIX $58.34 ↓ -94%
Humana MGMCD $62.66 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $74.09 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $74.09 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $74.09 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $74.09 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $74.09 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $79.99 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMM $85.69 ↓ -92%
Aetna Meritain $85.69 ↓ -92%
Aetna OON $100.50 ↓ -91%
Humana COMM $113.72 ↓ -89%
BCBS BluePremier $133.38 ↓ -87%
Cigna LocalPlus $139.36 ↓ -87%
Cigna NewBusiness $139.50 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $142.88 ↓ -86%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $148.17 ↓ -86%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -85%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -85%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $155.74 ↓ -85%
Cigna HMO $155.74 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $155.74 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $184.15 ↓ -83%
Cigna AllOther $196.98 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $259.30 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $273.06 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $317.51 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $317.51 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $357.73 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $423.34 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $423.34 ↓ -60%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99 ↓ -59%
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99 ↓ -59%
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29 ↓ -57%
BCBS Traditional $469.91 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $476.26 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $476.26 ↓ -55%
BCBS PPO $478.58 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $529.18 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $557.76 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $582.10 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $582.10 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $582.10 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $582.10 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $613.85 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $640.31 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $640.31 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $687.93 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $740.85 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $740.85 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $740.85 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $793.77 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $793.77 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $846.69 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $846.69 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $899.61 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,058.36 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,058.36 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,058.36 ↑ +0%

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