X-ray neck soft tissue 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

$746.20

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.

$746.20

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.

$31.41 with United vs $746.20 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 $31.41 ↓ -96%
United STARPerinate $31.41 ↓ -96%
United STARPLUS $31.41 ↓ -96%
United STARKids $31.41 ↓ -96%
United STAR $31.41 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup CHIP $31.41 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $31.41 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $32.98 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $33.92 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MCD $33.92 ↓ -95%
Molina MCDSTAR $34.55 ↓ -95%
Molina STARKIDS $34.55 ↓ -95%
Molina STAR+PLUS $34.55 ↓ -95%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $34.55 ↓ -95%
Molina CHIP $34.55 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPHIX $38.07 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCD $39.26 ↓ -95%
Aetna NewBusiness $52.19 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $52.23 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $52.23 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $52.23 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $52.23 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $52.23 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMM $55.91 ↓ -93%
Aetna Meritain $55.91 ↓ -93%
Aetna OON $65.58 ↓ -91%
Humana COMM $79.55 ↓ -89%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86 ↓ -89%
United SmallGroup $83.86 ↓ -89%
Cigna LocalPlus $92.37 ↓ -88%
Cigna NewBusiness $92.45 ↓ -88%
BCBS BluePremier $94.97 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $100.74 ↓ -86%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $103.22 ↓ -86%
Cigna HMO $103.22 ↓ -86%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $103.22 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $104.47 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55 ↓ -86%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $129.84 ↓ -83%
Cigna AllOther $130.55 ↓ -83%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $182.82 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $192.52 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $223.86 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $223.86 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $252.22 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $298.48 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $298.48 ↓ -60%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46 ↓ -58%
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46 ↓ -58%
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62 ↓ -56%
BCBS Traditional $331.31 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $335.79 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $335.79 ↓ -55%
BCBS PPO $340.79 ↓ -54%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $373.10 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $393.25 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $410.41 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $410.41 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $410.41 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $410.41 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $432.80 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $451.45 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $451.45 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $485.03 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $522.34 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $522.34 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $522.34 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $559.65 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $559.65 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $596.96 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $596.96 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $634.27 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $746.20 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $746.20 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $746.20 ↑ +0%

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X-ray neck soft tissue at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $191.89 $31.41 – $239.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $191.89 $31.41 – $239.87
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $279.65 $57.56 – $419.47
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