X-ray bone survey complete 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

$2,958.00

Cash price

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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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$2,958.00

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.

$99.90 with United vs $2,958.00 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 STAR $99.90 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $99.90 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $99.90 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $99.90 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $99.90 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $99.90 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $99.90 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $104.90 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $107.89 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $107.89 ↓ -96%
Molina CHIP $109.89 ↓ -96%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $109.89 ↓ -96%
Molina STAR+PLUS $109.89 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $109.89 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $109.89 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPHIX $123.16 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCD $124.88 ↓ -96%
BCBS BluePremier $133.38 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $168.87 ↓ -94%
Aetna Meritain $180.89 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMM $180.89 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $207.06 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $207.06 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $207.06 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $207.06 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $207.06 ↓ -93%
Aetna OON $212.17 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $241.94 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -92%
Cigna LocalPlus $296.15 ↓ -90%
Cigna NewBusiness $296.44 ↓ -90%
Cigna HMO $330.95 ↓ -89%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $330.95 ↓ -89%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $330.95 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $399.33 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $414.12 ↓ -86%
Cigna AllOther $418.59 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99 ↓ -85%
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99 ↓ -85%
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29 ↓ -85%
BCBS PPO $478.58 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $514.69 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $724.71 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $763.16 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $887.40 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $887.40 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $999.80 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,183.20 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,183.20 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,313.35 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $1,331.10 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,331.10 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,479.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,558.87 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $1,626.90 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,626.90 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,626.90 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,626.90 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,715.64 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,789.59 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,789.59 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $1,922.70 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,070.60 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,070.60 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,070.60 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,218.50 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,218.50 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $2,366.40 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $2,366.40 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,514.30 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,958.00 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $2,958.00 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,958.00 ↑ +0%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $810.79 $99.77 – $1,013.48
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