X-ray sella turcica 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

$1,064.29

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.

$1,064.29

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.

$33.08 with United vs $1,064.29 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
United STARPLUS $33.08 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $33.08 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $33.08 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $33.08 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $33.08 ↓ -97%
United STAR $33.08 ↓ -97%
United STARKids $33.08 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $34.73 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $35.73 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $35.73 ↓ -97%
Molina CHIP $36.39 ↓ -97%
Molina STARKIDS $36.39 ↓ -97%
Molina STAR+PLUS $36.39 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $36.39 ↓ -97%
Molina MCDSTAR $36.39 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPHIX $40.32 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCD $41.35 ↓ -96%
Aetna NewBusiness $55.28 ↓ -95%
Aetna Meritain $59.22 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMM $59.22 ↓ -94%
Aetna OON $69.46 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $74.50 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $74.50 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $74.50 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $74.50 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $74.50 ↓ -93%
Humana COMM $83.81 ↓ -92%
United SmallGroup $83.86 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86 ↓ -92%
BCBS BluePremier $94.97 ↓ -91%
Cigna LocalPlus $96.37 ↓ -91%
Cigna NewBusiness $96.46 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55 ↓ -90%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55 ↓ -90%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $107.69 ↓ -90%
Cigna HMO $107.69 ↓ -90%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $107.69 ↓ -90%
Cigna AllOther $136.21 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $143.68 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $149.00 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $185.19 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $260.75 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $274.59 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46 ↓ -71%
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46 ↓ -71%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $319.29 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $319.29 ↓ -70%
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62 ↓ -69%
BCBS PPO $340.79 ↓ -68%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $359.73 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $425.72 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $425.72 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $472.54 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $478.93 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $478.93 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $532.14 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $560.88 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $585.36 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $585.36 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $585.36 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $585.36 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $617.29 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $643.90 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $643.90 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $691.79 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $745.00 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $745.00 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $745.00 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $798.22 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $798.22 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $851.43 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $851.43 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $904.65 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,064.29 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,064.29 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,064.29 ↑ +0%

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X-ray sella turcica at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $92.48 $33.08 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $92.48 $33.08 – $187.95
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $92.48 $33.08 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $200.74 $41.32 – $301.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $210.77 $33.08 – $263.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $200.74 $35.40 – $301.10
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