X-ray heel/calcaneus > 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.

$28.74 with United vs $557.42 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 CHIP $28.74
Amerigroup CHIP $28.74
Amerigroup MGMCD $28.74
United STARPerinate $28.74
United STARPLUS $28.74
United STARKids $28.74
United STAR $28.74
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $30.18
Aetna Better Health CHIP $31.04
Aetna Better Health MCD $31.04
Molina MCDSTAR $31.61
Molina CHIP $31.61
Molina STAR+PLUS $31.61
Molina STARKIDS $31.61
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $31.61
Aetna QHPHIX $35.25
Humana MGMCD $35.92
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $39.02
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $39.02
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $39.02
Superior Health Plan CHIP $39.02
Superior Health Plan STARKids $39.02
Aetna NewBusiness $48.33
Aetna Meritain $51.78
Aetna COMM $51.78
Aetna OON $60.73
Cigna IFP $75.25
Humana COMM $76.73
Cigna QHP $78.04
United SmallGroup $83.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
Cigna LocalPlus $84.32
Cigna NewBusiness $84.40
Cigna NetworkBenefit $94.23
Cigna HMO $94.23
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $94.23
BCBS BluePremier $94.97
United OptionsPPO $96.99
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
Cigna AllOther $119.18
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $136.57
Evry Health COMM $143.81
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $167.23
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $167.23
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $188.41
Prominence Health Plan HIX $222.97
Curative Administrators COMM $222.97
BCBS Traditional $247.49
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $250.84
City of McKinney COMM $250.84
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $278.71
Aetna ASA $293.76
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $306.58
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $306.58
Aetna WCOMP $306.58
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $306.58
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
Averde Health, Inc PPO $323.30
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $337.24
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $337.24
BCBS PPO $340.79
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $362.32
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $390.19
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $390.19
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $390.19
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $418.06
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $418.06
USC Health Services COMM $445.94
USA Managed Care COMM $445.94
Galaxy Health Network PPO $473.81
Unicare MCD $557.42
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $557.42
Independent Medical Systems COMM $557.42

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X-ray heel/calcaneus > 2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $121.09 $28.74 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $121.09 $28.74 – $151.36
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $289.65 $28.74 – $31.04
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $461.06 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $121.09 $28.74 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $270.11 $55.60 – $405.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $287.12 $28.74 – $358.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $270.11 $30.75 – $405.16

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