X-ray hand 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.

$31.74 with United vs $765.51 with Unicare — 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 STAR $31.74
United STARPLUS $31.74
United CHIP $31.74
United STARPerinate $31.74
Amerigroup CHIP $31.74
Amerigroup MGMCD $31.74
United STARKids $31.74
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $33.33
Aetna Better Health CHIP $34.28
Aetna Better Health MCD $34.28
Molina STAR+PLUS $34.91
Molina MCDSTAR $34.91
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $34.91
Molina CHIP $34.91
Molina STARKIDS $34.91
Aetna QHPHIX $38.63
Humana MGMCD $39.67
Aetna NewBusiness $52.97
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $53.59
Superior Health Plan CHIP $53.59
Superior Health Plan STARKids $53.59
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $53.59
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $53.59
Aetna Meritain $56.74
Aetna COMM $56.74
Aetna OON $66.55
Humana COMM $79.55
Cigna LocalPlus $93.70
Cigna NewBusiness $93.79
Cigna IFP $103.34
Cigna HMO $104.71
Cigna NetworkBenefit $104.71
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $104.71
Cigna QHP $107.17
Cigna AllOther $132.44
United OptionsPPO $133.20
BCBS BluePremier $133.38
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
United SmallGroup $154.52
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $187.55
Evry Health COMM $197.50
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $229.65
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $229.65
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $258.74
Curative Administrators COMM $306.20
Prominence Health Plan HIX $306.20
BCBS Traditional $339.89
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $344.48
City of McKinney COMM $344.48
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $382.75
Aetna ASA $403.42
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $421.03
Aetna WCOMP $421.03
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $421.03
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $421.03
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
Averde Health, Inc PPO $444.00
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $463.13
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $463.13
BCBS PPO $478.58
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $497.58
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $535.86
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $535.86
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $535.86
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $574.13
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $574.13
USA Managed Care COMM $612.41
USC Health Services COMM $612.41
Galaxy Health Network PPO $650.68
Independent Medical Systems COMM $765.51
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $765.51
Unicare MCD $765.51

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X-ray hand 2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $318.00 $31.74 – $397.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $318.00 $31.74 – $397.50
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $294.90 $31.74 – $34.28
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $495.15 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $318.00 $31.74 – $397.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $356.60 $73.40 – $534.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $342.93 $31.74 – $428.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $356.60 $33.96 – $534.90

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