X-ray toe(s) > 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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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.

$29.40 with United vs $725.39 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 $29.40
United STARPerinate $29.40
United STARPLUS $29.40
United STARKids $29.40
United STAR $29.40
Amerigroup CHIP $29.40
Amerigroup MGMCD $29.40
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $30.87
Aetna Better Health CHIP $31.75
Aetna Better Health MCD $31.75
Molina MCDSTAR $32.34
Molina STARKIDS $32.34
Molina STAR+PLUS $32.34
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $32.34
Molina CHIP $32.34
Humana MGMCD $36.75
Aetna QHPHIX $38.07
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $50.78
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $50.78
Superior Health Plan STARKids $50.78
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $50.78
Superior Health Plan CHIP $50.78
Aetna NewBusiness $52.19
Aetna COMM $55.91
Aetna Meritain $55.91
Aetna OON $65.58
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
United SmallGroup $83.86
Humana COMM $86.68
Cigna LocalPlus $92.37
Cigna NewBusiness $92.45
BCBS BluePremier $94.97
Cigna IFP $97.93
Cigna QHP $101.55
Cigna NetworkBenefit $103.22
Cigna HMO $103.22
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $103.22
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
United OptionsPPO $126.22
Cigna AllOther $130.55
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $177.72
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Evry Health COMM $187.15
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $217.62
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $217.62
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $245.18
Curative Administrators COMM $290.16
Prominence Health Plan HIX $290.16
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS Traditional $322.07
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $326.43
City of McKinney COMM $326.43
BCBS PPO $340.79
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $362.69
Aetna ASA $382.28
Aetna WCOMP $398.96
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $398.96
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $398.96
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $398.96
Averde Health, Inc PPO $420.73
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $438.86
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $438.86
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $471.50
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $507.77
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $507.77
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $507.77
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $544.04
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $544.04
USA Managed Care COMM $580.31
USC Health Services COMM $580.31
Galaxy Health Network PPO $616.58
Independent Medical Systems COMM $725.39
Unicare MCD $725.39
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $725.39

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X-ray toe(s) > 2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $191.86 $29.40 – $239.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $191.86 $29.40 – $239.82
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $313.35 $29.40 – $31.75
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $540.58 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $191.86 $29.40 – $239.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $271.84 $55.95 – $407.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $333.33 $29.40 – $416.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $271.84 $31.46 – $407.76

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