X-ray small bowel multi serial images abdominal radiographs(s)&delayed images single contrast study 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

$1,840.21

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.

$1,840.21

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.

$121.96 with United vs $1,840.21 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 $121.96 ↓ -93%
United STARPLUS $121.96 ↓ -93%
United STARKids $121.96 ↓ -93%
United STAR $121.96 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCD $121.96 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup CHIP $121.96 ↓ -93%
United STARPerinate $121.96 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $128.06 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $128.81 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $128.81 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $128.81 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $128.81 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $128.81 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $131.72 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health MCD $131.72 ↓ -93%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $134.16 ↓ -93%
Molina CHIP $134.16 ↓ -93%
Molina STAR+PLUS $134.16 ↓ -93%
Molina STARKIDS $134.16 ↓ -93%
Molina MCDSTAR $134.16 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $147.38 ↓ -92%
Humana MGMCD $152.45 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -92%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -92%
Aetna NewBusiness $202.07 ↓ -89%
Aetna Meritain $216.46 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMM $216.46 ↓ -88%
BCBS BluePremier $216.84 ↓ -88%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $238.71 ↓ -87%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $238.71 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $248.43 ↓ -86%
Aetna OON $253.88 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $257.63 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $320.20 ↓ -83%
Humana COMM $320.27 ↓ -83%
Cigna LocalPlus $346.07 ↓ -81%
Cigna NewBusiness $346.40 ↓ -81%
Cigna HMO $386.73 ↓ -79%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $386.73 ↓ -79%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $386.73 ↓ -79%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $450.85 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $474.77 ↓ -74%
Cigna AllOther $489.14 ↓ -73%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $552.06 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $552.06 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $621.99 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $708.84 ↓ -61%
BCBS BlueEssentials $708.84 ↓ -61%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $736.08 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $736.08 ↓ -60%
BCBS EPOSOA $743.46 ↓ -60%
BCBS PPO $778.08 ↓ -58%
BCBS Traditional $817.05 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $828.09 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $828.09 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $920.11 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $969.79 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,012.12 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,012.12 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,012.12 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,012.12 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,067.32 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,113.33 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,113.33 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $1,196.14 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,288.15 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,288.15 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,288.15 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,380.16 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,380.16 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,472.17 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,472.17 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,564.18 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,840.21 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $1,840.21 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,840.21 ↑ +0%

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X-ray small bowel multi serial images abdominal radiographs(s)&delayed images single contrast study at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $561.67 $121.96 – $702.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $561.67 $121.96 – $702.09
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $639.60 $121.96 – $131.72
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $561.67 $121.96 – $702.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $520.69 $107.18 – $781.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $602.88 $121.96 – $753.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $520.69 $130.50 – $781.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $520.69 $121.96 – $781.04

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