X-ray sinus tract/fistula/abscess 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.

$59.81 with United vs $2,056.35 with BCBS — 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 STAR $59.81
United CHIP $59.81
Amerigroup CHIP $59.81
Amerigroup MGMCD $59.81
United STARPerinate $59.81
United STARPLUS $59.81
United STARKids $59.81
Aetna QHPHIX $60.03
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $62.80
Aetna Better Health MCD $64.59
Aetna Better Health CHIP $64.59
Molina STAR+PLUS $65.79
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $65.79
Molina MCDSTAR $65.79
Molina STARKIDS $65.79
Molina CHIP $65.79
Humana MGMCD $74.76
Aetna NewBusiness $82.31
Aetna COMM $88.17
Aetna Meritain $88.17
Aetna OON $103.41
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $104.57
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $104.57
Superior Health Plan STARKids $104.57
Superior Health Plan CHIP $104.57
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $104.57
Humana COMM $115.15
Cigna LocalPlus $142.03
Cigna NewBusiness $142.17
Cigna NetworkBenefit $158.72
Cigna HMO $158.72
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $158.72
Cigna AllOther $200.75
Cigna IFP $201.67
Cigna QHP $209.14
United OptionsPPO $259.94
United SmallGroup $313.62
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $313.62
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $366.00
Evry Health COMM $385.42
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $448.16
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $448.16
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $504.93
BCBS BluePremier $573.08
Prominence Health Plan HIX $597.55
Curative Administrators COMM $597.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $630.87
BCBS MyBlueHealth $630.87
BCBS Traditional $663.28
City of McKinney COMM $672.25
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $672.25
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $746.94
Aetna ASA $787.27
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $821.63
Aetna WCOMP $821.63
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $821.63
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $821.63
Averde Health, Inc PPO $866.45
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $903.80
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $903.80
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $971.02
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,045.72
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,045.72
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,045.72
United AllPayerAppendix $1,086.50
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,120.41
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,120.41
USA Managed Care COMM $1,195.10
USC Health Services COMM $1,195.10
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,269.80
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,493.88
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,493.88
Unicare MCD $1,493.88
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,873.35
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,873.35
BCBS EPOSOA $1,964.85
BCBS PPO $2,056.35

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X-ray sinus tract/fistula/abscess at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $492.03 $59.81 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $492.03 $59.81 – $1,180.13
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $404.40 $59.81 – $64.59
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $492.03 $59.81 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $601.93 $123.90 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $735.32 $59.81 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $601.93 $64.00 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $601.93 $59.81 – $1,366.64

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