X-ray cervical spine >= 6 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

$1,756.98

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.

$1,756.98

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.

$62.81 with Amerigroup vs $1,756.98 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 MGMCD $62.81 ↓ -96%
United CHIP $62.81 ↓ -96%
United STAR $62.81 ↓ -96%
United STARKids $62.81 ↓ -96%
United STARPLUS $62.81 ↓ -96%
United STARPerinate $62.81 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup CHIP $62.81 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $65.95 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $67.83 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $67.83 ↓ -96%
Molina STAR+PLUS $69.09 ↓ -96%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $69.09 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $69.09 ↓ -96%
Molina CHIP $69.09 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $69.09 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCD $78.51 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPHIX $80.33 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $110.14 ↓ -94%
Aetna Meritain $117.99 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMM $117.99 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $122.99 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $122.99 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $122.99 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $122.99 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $122.99 ↓ -93%
BCBS BluePremier $133.38 ↓ -92%
Aetna OON $138.39 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82 ↓ -92%
Humana COMM $150.75 ↓ -91%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -91%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -91%
Cigna LocalPlus $193.03 ↓ -89%
Cigna NewBusiness $193.21 ↓ -89%
Cigna HMO $215.71 ↓ -88%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $215.71 ↓ -88%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $215.71 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $237.19 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $245.98 ↓ -86%
Cigna AllOther $272.83 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $305.71 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $430.46 ↓ -76%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $453.30 ↓ -74%
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29 ↓ -74%
BCBS PPO $478.58 ↓ -73%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $527.09 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $527.09 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $593.86 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $702.79 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $702.79 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $780.10 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $790.64 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $790.64 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $878.49 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $925.93 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $966.34 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $966.34 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $966.34 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $966.34 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,019.05 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,062.97 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,062.97 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $1,142.04 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,229.89 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,229.89 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,229.89 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,317.73 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,317.73 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,405.58 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,405.58 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,493.43 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,756.98 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,756.98 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,756.98 ↑ +0%

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X-ray cervical spine >= 6 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $477.64 $62.81 – $597.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $477.64 $62.81 – $597.04
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $508.50 $62.81 – $67.83
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,087.95 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $477.64 $62.81 – $597.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $538.91 $110.93 – $808.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $643.60 $62.81 – $804.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $538.91 $67.21 – $808.37

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