X-ray finger(s) >= 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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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.

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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.

$38.43 with United vs $731.33 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
United STARPLUS $38.43
Amerigroup MGMCD $38.43
United STARKids $38.43
United STAR $38.43
Amerigroup CHIP $38.43
United STARPerinate $38.43
United CHIP $38.43
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $40.35
Aetna Better Health MCD $41.50
Aetna Better Health CHIP $41.50
Molina STAR+PLUS $42.27
Molina STARKIDS $42.27
Molina CHIP $42.27
Molina MCDSTAR $42.27
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $42.27
Humana MGMCD $48.04
Superior Health Plan STARKids $51.19
Superior Health Plan CHIP $51.19
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $51.19
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $51.19
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $51.19
Aetna QHPHIX $51.58
Aetna NewBusiness $70.73
Aetna COMM $75.76
Aetna Meritain $75.76
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Aetna OON $88.86
BCBS BluePremier $94.97
Cigna IFP $98.73
Humana COMM $100.94
Cigna QHP $102.39
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
Cigna LocalPlus $125.93
Cigna NewBusiness $126.05
United OptionsPPO $127.25
Cigna NetworkBenefit $140.73
Cigna HMO $140.73
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $140.73
Cigna AllOther $178.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $179.18
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Evry Health COMM $188.68
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $219.40
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $219.40
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $247.19
Curative Administrators COMM $292.53
Prominence Health Plan HIX $292.53
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS Traditional $324.71
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
City of McKinney COMM $329.10
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $329.10
BCBS PPO $340.79
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $365.67
Aetna ASA $385.41
Aetna WCOMP $402.23
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $402.23
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $402.23
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $402.23
Averde Health, Inc PPO $424.17
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $442.45
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $442.45
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $475.36
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $511.93
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $511.93
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $511.93
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $548.50
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $548.50
USC Health Services COMM $585.06
USA Managed Care COMM $585.06
Galaxy Health Network PPO $621.63
Unicare MCD $731.33
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $731.33
Independent Medical Systems COMM $731.33

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

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $218.03 $38.43 – $272.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $218.03 $38.43 – $272.54
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $241.05 $38.43 – $41.50
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $463.32 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $218.03 $38.43 – $272.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $264.08 $54.36 – $396.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $297.18 $38.43 – $371.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $264.08 $41.12 – $396.13

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