X-ray bone age studies 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

$1,129.70

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.

$1,129.70

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.

$26.06 with Amerigroup vs $1,105.92 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
Amerigroup CHIP $26.06 ↓ -98%
United STARKids $26.06 ↓ -98%
United CHIP $26.06 ↓ -98%
United STARPLUS $26.06 ↓ -98%
United STARPerinate $26.06 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $26.06 ↓ -98%
United STAR $26.06 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $27.36 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $28.14 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MCD $28.14 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPHIX $28.47 ↓ -97%
Molina CHIP $28.67 ↓ -97%
Molina STAR+PLUS $28.67 ↓ -97%
Molina STARKIDS $28.67 ↓ -97%
Molina MCDSTAR $28.67 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $28.67 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $32.57 ↓ -97%
Aetna NewBusiness $39.03 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMM $41.81 ↓ -96%
Aetna Meritain $41.81 ↓ -96%
Aetna OON $49.04 ↓ -96%
Humana COMM $53.91 ↓ -95%
Cigna LocalPlus $68.18 ↓ -94%
Cigna NewBusiness $68.24 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $76.19 ↓ -93%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $76.19 ↓ -93%
Cigna HMO $76.19 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $77.41 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $77.41 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $77.41 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $77.41 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $77.41 ↓ -93%
Cigna AllOther $96.37 ↓ -91%
BCBS BluePremier $133.38 ↓ -88%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82 ↓ -87%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $149.30 ↓ -87%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -86%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $154.83 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $192.43 ↓ -83%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $270.95 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $285.33 ↓ -75%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $331.78 ↓ -71%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $331.78 ↓ -71%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $373.80 ↓ -67%
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99 ↓ -61%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99 ↓ -61%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $442.37 ↓ -61%
Curative Administrators COMM $442.37 ↓ -61%
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29 ↓ -60%
BCBS PPO $478.58 ↓ -58%
BCBS Traditional $491.03 ↓ -57%
City of McKinney COMM $497.66 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $497.66 ↓ -56%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $552.96 ↓ -51%
Aetna ASA $582.82 ↓ -48%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $608.26 ↓ -46%
Aetna WCOMP $608.26 ↓ -46%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $608.26 ↓ -46%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $608.26 ↓ -46%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $641.43 ↓ -43%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $669.08 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $669.08 ↓ -41%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $718.85 ↓ -36%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $774.14 ↓ -31%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $774.14 ↓ -31%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $774.14 ↓ -31%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $829.44 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $829.44 ↓ -27%
USC Health Services COMM $884.74 ↓ -22%
USA Managed Care COMM $884.74 ↓ -22%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $940.03 ↓ -17%
Unicare MCD $1,105.92 ↓ -2%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,105.92 ↓ -2%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,105.92 ↓ -2%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $175.04 $26.06 – $272.35
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