X-ray swallowing function w/ciner/videoradiography neck radiographs(s)&delayed images 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

$1,495.37

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.

$1,495.37

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.

$104.68 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,495.37 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
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $104.68 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $104.68 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $104.68 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $104.68 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $104.68 ↓ -93%
United STARPLUS $124.96 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup MGMCD $124.96 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup CHIP $124.96 ↓ -92%
United CHIP $124.96 ↓ -92%
United STARPerinate $124.96 ↓ -92%
United STAR $124.96 ↓ -92%
United STARKids $124.96 ↓ -92%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $131.21 ↓ -91%
Aetna Better Health MCD $134.96 ↓ -91%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $134.96 ↓ -91%
Molina STARKIDS $137.46 ↓ -91%
Molina MCDSTAR $137.46 ↓ -91%
Molina CHIP $137.46 ↓ -91%
Molina STAR+PLUS $137.46 ↓ -91%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $137.46 ↓ -91%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -90%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -90%
Humana MGMCD $156.20 ↓ -90%
Aetna QHPHIX $176.69 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $201.87 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $209.35 ↓ -86%
BCBS BluePremier $216.84 ↓ -85%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $238.71 ↓ -84%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $238.71 ↓ -84%
Aetna NewBusiness $242.26 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMM $259.52 ↓ -83%
Aetna Meritain $259.52 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $260.19 ↓ -83%
Aetna OON $304.38 ↓ -80%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $366.37 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $385.81 ↓ -74%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -73%
Cigna LocalPlus $410.54 ↓ -73%
Cigna NewBusiness $410.93 ↓ -73%
Humana COMM $411.42 ↓ -72%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $448.61 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $448.61 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $458.78 ↓ -69%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $458.78 ↓ -69%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $458.78 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $505.44 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $580.26 ↓ -61%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $598.15 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $598.15 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $663.94 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $672.92 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $672.92 ↓ -55%
BCBS BlueEssentials $708.84 ↓ -53%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $708.84 ↓ -53%
BCBS EPOSOA $743.46 ↓ -50%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $747.68 ↓ -50%
BCBS PPO $778.08 ↓ -48%
Aetna ASA $788.06 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $822.45 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $822.45 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $822.45 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $822.45 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $867.31 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $904.70 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $904.70 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $971.99 ↓ -35%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,046.76 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,046.76 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,046.76 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,121.53 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,121.53 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $1,196.30 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,196.30 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,271.06 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $1,495.37 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,495.37 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,495.37 ↑ +0%

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