X-ray l/s-spine bend vw only 2-3 vw 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

$805.67

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.

$805.67

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.

$40.76 with United vs $805.67 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 CHIP $40.76 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $40.76 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup CHIP $40.76 ↓ -95%
United STAR $40.76 ↓ -95%
United STARPerinate $40.76 ↓ -95%
United STARKids $40.76 ↓ -95%
United STARPLUS $40.76 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $42.80 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MCD $44.02 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $44.02 ↓ -95%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $44.84 ↓ -94%
Molina CHIP $44.84 ↓ -94%
Molina STAR+PLUS $44.84 ↓ -94%
Molina STARKIDS $44.84 ↓ -94%
Molina MCDSTAR $44.84 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPHIX $50.46 ↓ -94%
Humana MGMCD $50.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $56.40 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $56.40 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $56.40 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $56.40 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $56.40 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $69.18 ↓ -91%
Aetna Meritain $74.11 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMM $74.11 ↓ -91%
Aetna OON $86.92 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $108.77 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $112.79 ↓ -86%
Humana COMM $117.98 ↓ -85%
Cigna LocalPlus $120.55 ↓ -85%
Cigna NewBusiness $120.67 ↓ -85%
BCBS BluePremier $133.38 ↓ -83%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $134.72 ↓ -83%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $134.72 ↓ -83%
Cigna HMO $134.72 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $140.19 ↓ -83%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82 ↓ -82%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82 ↓ -82%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -81%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -81%
Cigna AllOther $170.40 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $197.39 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $207.86 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $241.70 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $241.70 ↓ -70%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $272.32 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $322.27 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $322.27 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $357.72 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $362.55 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $362.55 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $402.83 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $424.59 ↓ -47%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99 ↓ -46%
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99 ↓ -46%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $443.12 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $443.12 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $443.12 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $443.12 ↓ -45%
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29 ↓ -43%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $467.29 ↓ -42%
BCBS PPO $478.58 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $487.43 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $487.43 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $523.69 ↓ -35%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $563.97 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $563.97 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $563.97 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $604.25 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $604.25 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $644.54 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $644.54 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $684.82 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $805.67 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $805.67 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $805.67 ↑ +0%

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X-ray l/s-spine bend vw only 2-3 vw at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $341.30 $40.76 – $426.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $341.30 $40.76 – $426.63
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $40.76 – $44.02
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $814.45 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $341.30 $40.76 – $426.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $468.26 $96.38 – $702.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $423.69 $40.76 – $529.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $468.26 $43.61 – $702.39

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