X-ray exam of perineum 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

$1,070.22

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.

$1,070.22

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.

$74.92 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,070.22 with Independent Medical Systems — 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
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $74.92 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $74.92 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $74.92 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $74.92 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $74.92 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $144.48 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $149.83 ↓ -86%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -86%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $186.22 ↓ -83%
Cigna LocalPlus $209.96 ↓ -80%
Cigna NewBusiness $210.16 ↓ -80%
Amerigroup CHIP $233.47 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup MGMCD $233.47 ↓ -78%
United CHIP $233.47 ↓ -78%
United STARKids $233.47 ↓ -78%
United STAR $233.47 ↓ -78%
United STARPerinate $233.47 ↓ -78%
United STARPLUS $233.47 ↓ -78%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $234.63 ↓ -78%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $234.63 ↓ -78%
Cigna HMO $234.63 ↓ -78%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $245.14 ↓ -77%
Aetna Better Health MCD $252.15 ↓ -76%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $252.15 ↓ -76%
Molina CHIP $256.82 ↓ -76%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $256.82 ↓ -76%
Molina STARKIDS $256.82 ↓ -76%
Molina MCDSTAR $256.82 ↓ -76%
Molina STAR+PLUS $256.82 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $262.20 ↓ -76%
Humana COMM $269.57 ↓ -75%
BCBS BluePremier $274.47 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $276.12 ↓ -74%
Humana MGMCD $291.84 ↓ -73%
Cigna AllOther $296.76 ↓ -72%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $302.15 ↓ -72%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $302.15 ↓ -72%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $321.07 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $321.07 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $361.73 ↓ -66%
Aetna QHPHIX $382.39 ↓ -64%
Curative Administrators COMM $428.09 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $428.09 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $475.18 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $481.60 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $481.60 ↓ -55%
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -52%
Aetna NewBusiness $524.29 ↓ -51%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $535.11 ↓ -50%
Aetna COMM $561.63 ↓ -48%
Aetna Meritain $561.63 ↓ -48%
Aetna ASA $564.01 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $588.62 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $588.62 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $588.62 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $588.62 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $620.73 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $647.48 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $647.48 ↓ -40%
Aetna OON $658.72 ↓ -38%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $695.64 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $749.15 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $749.15 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $749.15 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $802.66 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $802.66 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $856.18 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $856.18 ↓ -20%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $897.23 ↓ -16%
BCBS BlueEssentials $897.23 ↓ -16%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $909.69 ↓ -15%
BCBS EPOSOA $941.05 ↓ -12%
BCBS PPO $984.88 ↓ -8%
Unicare MCD $1,070.22 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,070.22 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,070.22 ↑ +0%

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