X-ray ribs 2 views left 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.

$36.75 with Amerigroup vs $1,117.80 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
Amerigroup CHIP $36.75
United STARPLUS $36.75
United STAR $36.75
United STARKids $36.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $36.75
United STARPerinate $36.75
United CHIP $36.75
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $38.59
Aetna Better Health MCD $39.69
Aetna Better Health CHIP $39.69
Molina STAR+PLUS $40.43
Molina MCDSTAR $40.43
Molina CHIP $40.43
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $40.43
Molina STARKIDS $40.43
Aetna QHPHIX $43.70
Humana MGMCD $45.94
Aetna NewBusiness $59.92
Aetna COMM $64.18
Aetna Meritain $64.18
Aetna OON $75.28
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $78.25
Superior Health Plan CHIP $78.25
Superior Health Plan STARKids $78.25
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $78.25
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $78.25
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
United SmallGroup $83.86
Humana COMM $88.07
BCBS BluePremier $94.97
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
Cigna LocalPlus $105.79
Cigna NewBusiness $105.89
Cigna HMO $118.22
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $118.22
Cigna NetworkBenefit $118.22
Cigna AllOther $149.53
Cigna IFP $150.90
Cigna QHP $156.49
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
United OptionsPPO $194.50
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $273.86
Evry Health COMM $288.39
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $335.34
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $335.34
BCBS PPO $340.79
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $377.82
Prominence Health Plan HIX $447.12
Curative Administrators COMM $447.12
BCBS Traditional $496.30
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $503.01
City of McKinney COMM $503.01
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $558.90
Aetna ASA $589.08
Aetna WCOMP $614.79
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $614.79
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $614.79
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $614.79
Averde Health, Inc PPO $648.32
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $676.27
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $676.27
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $726.57
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $782.46
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $782.46
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $782.46
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $838.35
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $838.35
USA Managed Care COMM $894.24
USC Health Services COMM $894.24
Galaxy Health Network PPO $950.13
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,117.80
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,117.80
Unicare MCD $1,117.80

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X-ray ribs 2 views left at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $296.32 $36.75 – $370.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $296.32 $36.75 – $370.40
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $280.65 $36.75 – $39.69
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $452.21 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $296.32 $36.75 – $370.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $362.86 $74.69 – $544.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $385.50 $36.75 – $481.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $362.86 $39.32 – $544.29

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