X-ray wrist 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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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.

$34.09 with United vs $822.01 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 $34.09
Amerigroup CHIP $34.09
United STARPerinate $34.09
United STARPLUS $34.09
United STARKids $34.09
United STAR $34.09
Amerigroup MGMCD $34.09
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $35.79
Aetna Better Health CHIP $36.82
Aetna Better Health MCD $36.82
Molina MCDSTAR $37.50
Molina STARKIDS $37.50
Molina STAR+PLUS $37.50
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $37.50
Molina CHIP $37.50
Humana MGMCD $42.61
Aetna QHPHIX $43.14
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $57.54
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $57.54
Superior Health Plan STARKids $57.54
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $57.54
Superior Health Plan CHIP $57.54
Aetna NewBusiness $59.14
Aetna COMM $63.36
Aetna Meritain $63.36
Aetna OON $74.31
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86
United SmallGroup $83.86
Humana COMM $90.94
BCBS BluePremier $94.97
Cigna LocalPlus $104.46
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55
Cigna NewBusiness $104.56
Cigna IFP $110.97
Cigna QHP $115.08
Cigna NetworkBenefit $116.73
Cigna HMO $116.73
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $116.73
United OptionsPPO $143.03
Cigna AllOther $147.64
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $201.39
Evry Health COMM $212.08
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $246.60
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $246.60
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $277.84
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62
Curative Administrators COMM $328.80
Prominence Health Plan HIX $328.80
BCBS PPO $340.79
BCBS Traditional $364.97
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $369.90
City of McKinney COMM $369.90
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $411.00
Aetna ASA $433.20
Aetna WCOMP $452.11
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $452.11
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $452.11
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $452.11
Averde Health, Inc PPO $476.77
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $497.32
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $497.32
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $534.31
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $575.41
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $575.41
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $575.41
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $616.51
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $616.51
USA Managed Care COMM $657.61
USC Health Services COMM $657.61
Galaxy Health Network PPO $698.71
Independent Medical Systems COMM $822.01
Unicare MCD $822.01
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $822.01

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X-ray wrist 2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $292.17 $34.09 – $365.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $292.17 $34.09 – $365.21
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $328.35 $34.09 – $36.82
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $470.16 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $292.17 $34.09 – $365.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $268.49 $55.27 – $402.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $318.11 $34.09 – $397.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $268.49 $36.48 – $402.74

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