X-ray exam of teeth 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

$266.07

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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$266.07

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.

$12.70 with Aetna vs $340.79 with BCBS — 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
Aetna QHPHIX $12.70 ↓ -95%
United CHIP $13.03 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup CHIP $13.03 ↓ -95%
United STARPerinate $13.03 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.03 ↓ -95%
United STARPLUS $13.03 ↓ -95%
United STARKids $13.03 ↓ -95%
United STAR $13.03 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $13.68 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $14.07 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MCD $14.07 ↓ -95%
Molina STAR+PLUS $14.33 ↓ -95%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $14.33 ↓ -95%
Molina MCDSTAR $14.33 ↓ -95%
Molina STARKIDS $14.33 ↓ -95%
Molina CHIP $14.33 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCD $16.29 ↓ -94%
Aetna NewBusiness $17.41 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $18.62 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $18.62 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $18.62 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $18.62 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $18.62 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMM $18.65 ↓ -93%
Aetna Meritain $18.65 ↓ -93%
Aetna OON $21.87 ↓ -92%
Cigna LocalPlus $31.94 ↓ -88%
Cigna NewBusiness $31.97 ↓ -88%
Humana COMM $35.39 ↓ -87%
Cigna HMO $35.70 ↓ -87%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $35.70 ↓ -87%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $35.70 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $35.92 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $37.25 ↓ -86%
Cigna AllOther $45.15 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $46.30 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $65.19 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $68.65 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $79.82 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $79.82 ↓ -70%
United SmallGroup $83.86 ↓ -68%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86 ↓ -68%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $89.93 ↓ -66%
BCBS BluePremier $94.97 ↓ -64%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55 ↓ -61%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55 ↓ -61%
Curative Administrators COMM $106.43 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $106.43 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $118.14 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $119.73 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $119.73 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $133.03 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $140.22 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $146.34 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $146.34 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $146.34 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $146.34 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $154.32 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $160.97 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $160.97 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $172.95 ↓ -35%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -32%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $186.25 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $186.25 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $186.25 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $199.55 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $199.55 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $212.86 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $212.86 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $226.16 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $266.07 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $266.07 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $266.07 ↑ +0%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46 ↑ +17%
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46 ↑ +17%
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62 ↑ +22%
BCBS PPO $340.79 ↑ +28%

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X-ray exam of teeth at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $69.80 $13.03 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $69.80 $13.03 – $187.95
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $13.03 – $14.07
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $69.80 $13.03 – $225.11
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