X-ray sacroiliac joints >= 3 views 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

$740.25

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.

$740.25

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.

$39.43 with United vs $740.25 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 $39.43 ↓ -95%
United STARPerinate $39.43 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup CHIP $39.43 ↓ -95%
United STARPLUS $39.43 ↓ -95%
United STARKids $39.43 ↓ -95%
United STAR $39.43 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $39.43 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $41.40 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $42.58 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MCD $42.58 ↓ -94%
Molina MCDSTAR $43.37 ↓ -94%
Molina STARKIDS $43.37 ↓ -94%
Molina STAR+PLUS $43.37 ↓ -94%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $43.37 ↓ -94%
Molina CHIP $43.37 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPHIX $47.64 ↓ -94%
Humana MGMCD $49.29 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $51.82 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $51.82 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $51.82 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $51.82 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $51.82 ↓ -93%
Aetna NewBusiness $65.32 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMM $69.97 ↓ -91%
Aetna Meritain $69.97 ↓ -91%
Aetna OON $82.07 ↓ -89%
Humana COMM $93.81 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $99.93 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $103.64 ↓ -86%
Cigna LocalPlus $115.18 ↓ -84%
Cigna NewBusiness $115.29 ↓ -84%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $128.71 ↓ -83%
Cigna HMO $128.71 ↓ -83%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $128.71 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $128.80 ↓ -83%
BCBS BluePremier $133.38 ↓ -82%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82 ↓ -80%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82 ↓ -80%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -79%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -79%
Cigna AllOther $162.79 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $181.36 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $190.98 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $222.07 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $222.07 ↓ -70%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $250.20 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $296.10 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $296.10 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $328.67 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $333.11 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $333.11 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $370.13 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $390.11 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $407.14 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $407.14 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $407.14 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $407.14 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $429.35 ↓ -42%
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99 ↓ -41%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $447.85 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $447.85 ↓ -40%
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29 ↓ -38%
BCBS PPO $478.58 ↓ -35%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $481.16 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $518.17 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $518.17 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $518.17 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $555.19 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $555.19 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $592.20 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $592.20 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $629.21 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $740.25 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $740.25 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $740.25 ↑ +0%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $170.92 $39.43 – $272.35
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