X-ray retrograde pyelogram with or without kidney ureter bladder w/supervision & interpretation 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

$1,713.87

Cash price

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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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$1,713.87

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.

$55.32 with BCBS vs $1,713.87 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
BCBS BluePremier $55.32 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $60.90 ↓ -96%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $60.90 ↓ -96%
United STARPerinate $78.19 ↓ -95%
United STARKids $78.19 ↓ -95%
United CHIP $78.19 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup CHIP $78.19 ↓ -95%
United STAR $78.19 ↓ -95%
United STARPLUS $78.19 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $78.19 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $82.10 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MCD $84.45 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $84.45 ↓ -95%
Molina STARKIDS $86.01 ↓ -95%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $86.01 ↓ -95%
Molina MCDSTAR $86.01 ↓ -95%
Molina CHIP $86.01 ↓ -95%
Molina STAR+PLUS $86.01 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPHIX $88.22 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCD $97.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $119.97 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $119.97 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $119.97 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $119.97 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $119.97 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $120.95 ↓ -93%
Aetna Meritain $129.57 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMM $129.57 ↓ -92%
Aetna OON $151.97 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $180.85 ↓ -89%
BCBS BlueEssentials $180.85 ↓ -89%
BCBS EPOSOA $189.68 ↓ -89%
BCBS PPO $198.51 ↓ -88%
Cigna LocalPlus $213.17 ↓ -88%
Cigna NewBusiness $213.37 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $231.37 ↓ -87%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $238.22 ↓ -86%
Cigna HMO $238.22 ↓ -86%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $238.22 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $239.94 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $298.21 ↓ -83%
Cigna AllOther $301.30 ↓ -82%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $419.90 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $442.18 ↓ -74%
Humana COMM $484.73 ↓ -72%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $514.16 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $514.16 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $579.29 ↓ -66%
United SmallGroup $616.10 ↓ -64%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $616.10 ↓ -64%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $685.55 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $685.55 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $760.96 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $771.24 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $771.24 ↓ -55%
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27 ↓ -52%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $856.93 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $903.21 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $942.63 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $942.63 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $942.63 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $942.63 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $994.04 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,036.89 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,036.89 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $1,114.02 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,199.71 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,199.71 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,199.71 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,285.40 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,285.40 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,371.10 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,371.10 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,456.79 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,713.87 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,713.87 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,713.87 ↑ +0%

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X-ray retrograde pyelogram with or without kidney ureter bladder w/supervision & interpretation at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $719.37 $78.19 – $952.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $719.37 $78.19 – $899.21
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $622.35 $71.83 – $84.45
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $719.37 $78.19 – $952.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $849.37 $156.21 – $1,274.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $782.02 $78.19 – $977.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $849.37 $83.66 – $1,274.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $849.37 $78.19 – $1,274.05

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