X-ray eye detection foreign body (both sides) 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

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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.

$23.10 with Superior Health Plan 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $23.10
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $23.10
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $23.10
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $23.10
Superior Health Plan CHIP $23.10
United STAR $32.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $32.75
United CHIP $32.75
United STARPerinate $32.75
Amerigroup CHIP $32.75
United STARPLUS $32.75
United STARKids $32.75
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $34.39
Aetna Better Health CHIP $35.37
Aetna Better Health MCD $35.37
Molina STAR+PLUS $36.03
Molina STARKIDS $36.03
Molina MCDSTAR $36.03
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $36.03
Molina CHIP $36.03
Aetna QHPHIX $39.76
Humana MGMCD $40.94
Cigna IFP $44.55
Cigna QHP $46.20
Aetna NewBusiness $54.51
United OptionsPPO $57.42
Aetna Meritain $58.39
Aetna COMM $58.39
Aetna OON $68.49
Humana COMM $78.12
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $80.85
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Evry Health COMM $85.14
BCBS BluePremier $94.97
Cigna LocalPlus $96.37
Cigna NewBusiness $96.46
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $99.00
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $99.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $107.69
Cigna HMO $107.69
Cigna NetworkBenefit $107.69
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $111.54
Curative Administrators COMM $132.00
Prominence Health Plan HIX $132.00
Cigna AllOther $136.21
BCBS Traditional $146.52
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $148.50
City of McKinney COMM $148.50
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $165.00
Aetna ASA $173.91
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $181.50
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $181.50
Aetna WCOMP $181.50
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $181.50
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Averde Health, Inc PPO $191.40
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $199.65
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $199.65
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $214.50
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $231.00
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $231.00
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $231.00
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $247.50
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $247.50
USC Health Services COMM $264.00
USA Managed Care COMM $264.00
Galaxy Health Network PPO $280.50
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
Unicare MCD $330.00
Independent Medical Systems COMM $330.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $330.00
BCBS PPO $340.79

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X-ray eye detection foreign body (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $276.00 $32.75 – $345.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $276.00 $32.75 – $345.00
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $32.75 – $35.37
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $276.00 $32.75 – $345.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $183.98 $37.87 – $275.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $189.70 $32.75 – $237.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $183.98 $35.04 – $275.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $183.98 $32.75 – $275.97

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