X-ray femur >=2 views (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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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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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.

$35.75 with United vs $988.48 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 STARPerinate $35.75
Amerigroup CHIP $35.75
United CHIP $35.75
United STARKids $35.75
United STAR $35.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $35.75
United STARPLUS $35.75
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $37.54
Aetna Better Health MCD $38.61
Aetna Better Health CHIP $38.61
Molina CHIP $39.33
Molina MCDSTAR $39.33
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $39.33
Molina STARKIDS $39.33
Molina STAR+PLUS $39.33
Aetna QHPHIX $44.26
Humana MGMCD $44.69
Aetna NewBusiness $60.69
Aetna Meritain $65.01
Aetna COMM $65.01
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $69.19
Superior Health Plan CHIP $69.19
Superior Health Plan STARKids $69.19
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $69.19
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $69.19
Aetna OON $76.25
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
United SmallGroup $83.86
Humana COMM $93.77
BCBS BluePremier $94.97
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
Cigna LocalPlus $108.46
Cigna NewBusiness $108.57
Cigna HMO $121.21
Cigna NetworkBenefit $121.21
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $121.21
Cigna IFP $133.44
Cigna QHP $138.39
Cigna AllOther $153.30
United OptionsPPO $172.00
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $242.18
Evry Health COMM $255.03
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $296.54
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $296.54
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $334.11
BCBS PPO $340.79
Curative Administrators COMM $395.39
Prominence Health Plan HIX $395.39
BCBS Traditional $438.89
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $444.82
City of McKinney COMM $444.82
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $494.24
Aetna ASA $520.93
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $543.66
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $543.66
Aetna WCOMP $543.66
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $543.66
Averde Health, Inc PPO $573.32
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $598.03
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $598.03
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $642.51
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $691.94
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $691.94
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $691.94
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $741.36
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $741.36
USC Health Services COMM $790.78
USA Managed Care COMM $790.78
Galaxy Health Network PPO $840.21
Unicare MCD $988.48
Independent Medical Systems COMM $988.48
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $988.48

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X-ray femur >=2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $290.44 $35.75 – $363.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $290.44 $35.75 – $363.05
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $351.00 $35.75 – $38.61
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $590.52 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $290.44 $35.75 – $363.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $302.07 $62.18 – $453.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $287.82 $35.75 – $359.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $302.07 $38.25 – $453.11

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