X-ray skull < 4 views at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$1,398.75
Cash price 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.
$1,398.75
Gross charge 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.
$36.09 with United vs $1,398.75 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | STAR | $36.09 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $36.09 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $36.09 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARPerinate | $36.09 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARPLUS | $36.09 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARKids | $36.09 | ↓ -97% |
| United | CHIP | $36.09 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $37.89 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $38.98 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $38.98 | ↓ -97% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $39.70 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | CHIP | $39.70 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $39.70 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $39.70 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $39.70 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $45.11 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $45.39 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $62.23 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | COMM | $66.66 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $66.66 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | OON | $78.19 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | COMM | $95.20 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $97.91 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $97.91 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $97.91 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $97.91 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $97.91 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $109.80 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $109.90 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $122.70 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | HMO | $122.70 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $122.70 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $133.38 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $146.82 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $146.82 | ↓ -90% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $154.52 | ↓ -89% |
| United | SmallGroup | $154.52 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $155.19 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $188.83 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $195.82 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $243.38 | ↓ -83% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | ↓ -82% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $342.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $360.88 | ↓ -74% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $419.63 | ↓ -70% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $419.63 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $435.99 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $435.99 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $457.29 | ↓ -67% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $472.78 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | PPO | $478.58 | ↓ -66% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $559.50 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $559.50 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $621.04 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $629.44 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $629.44 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $699.38 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $737.14 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $769.31 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $769.31 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $769.31 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $769.31 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $811.27 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $846.24 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $846.24 | ↓ -40% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $909.19 | ↓ -35% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $979.13 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $979.13 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $979.13 | ↓ -30% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $1,049.06 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,049.06 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $1,119.00 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $1,119.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,188.94 | ↓ -15% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,398.75 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,398.75 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $1,398.75 | ↑ +0% |
Visitor-reported prices
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $277.54 | $36.09 – $346.92 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $277.54 | $36.09 – $346.92 |
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | $351.00 | $36.09 – $38.98 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $615.53 | $431.51 – $431.51 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $277.54 | $36.09 – $346.92 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $309.63 | $63.73 – $464.44 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $312.96 | $36.09 – $391.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $309.63 | $38.62 – $464.44 |