X-ray tibia/fibula 2 views (both sides) 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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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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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.

$31.74 with United vs $816.05 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 STARPLUS $31.74
Amerigroup MGMCD $31.74
United CHIP $31.74
Amerigroup CHIP $31.74
United STARPerinate $31.74
United STAR $31.74
United STARKids $31.74
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $33.33
Aetna Better Health MCD $34.28
Aetna Better Health CHIP $34.28
Molina CHIP $34.91
Molina STARKIDS $34.91
Molina STAR+PLUS $34.91
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $34.91
Molina MCDSTAR $34.91
Humana MGMCD $39.67
Aetna QHPHIX $39.76
Aetna NewBusiness $54.51
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $57.12
Superior Health Plan CHIP $57.12
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $57.12
Superior Health Plan STARKids $57.12
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $57.12
Aetna Meritain $58.39
Aetna COMM $58.39
Aetna OON $68.49
Humana COMM $80.99
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
United SmallGroup $83.86
BCBS BluePremier $94.97
Cigna LocalPlus $96.37
Cigna NewBusiness $96.46
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
Cigna NetworkBenefit $107.69
Cigna HMO $107.69
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $107.69
Cigna IFP $110.17
Cigna QHP $114.25
Cigna AllOther $136.21
United OptionsPPO $141.99
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $199.93
Evry Health COMM $210.54
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $244.81
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $244.81
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $275.82
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
Prominence Health Plan HIX $326.42
Curative Administrators COMM $326.42
BCBS PPO $340.79
BCBS Traditional $362.33
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $367.22
City of McKinney COMM $367.22
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $408.02
Aetna ASA $430.06
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $448.83
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $448.83
Aetna WCOMP $448.83
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $448.83
Averde Health, Inc PPO $473.31
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $493.71
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $493.71
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $530.43
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $571.24
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $571.24
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $571.24
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $612.04
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $612.04
USC Health Services COMM $652.84
USA Managed Care COMM $652.84
Galaxy Health Network PPO $693.64
Unicare MCD $816.05
Independent Medical Systems COMM $816.05
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $816.05

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X-ray tibia/fibula 2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $306.47 $31.74 – $383.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $306.47 $31.74 – $383.09
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $345.75 $31.74 – $34.28
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $565.55 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $306.47 $31.74 – $383.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $387.38 $79.74 – $581.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $342.47 $31.74 – $428.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $387.38 $33.96 – $581.07

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