X-ray xm phrnx&/crv esoph c+ 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

$1,024.16

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.

$1,024.16

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.

$71.69 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,024.16 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 CHIP $71.69 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $71.69 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $71.69 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $71.69 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $71.69 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup CHIP $94.89 ↓ -91%
United CHIP $94.89 ↓ -91%
United STAR $94.89 ↓ -91%
United STARKids $94.89 ↓ -91%
United STARPLUS $94.89 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup MGMCD $94.89 ↓ -91%
United STARPerinate $94.89 ↓ -91%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $99.63 ↓ -90%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $102.48 ↓ -90%
Aetna Better Health MCD $102.48 ↓ -90%
Molina STARKIDS $104.38 ↓ -90%
Molina MCDSTAR $104.38 ↓ -90%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $104.38 ↓ -90%
Molina CHIP $104.38 ↓ -90%
Molina STAR+PLUS $104.38 ↓ -90%
Humana MGMCD $118.61 ↓ -88%
Aetna QHPHIX $120.35 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $138.26 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $143.38 ↓ -86%
Aetna NewBusiness $165.01 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMM $176.76 ↓ -83%
Aetna Meritain $176.76 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $178.20 ↓ -83%
Aetna OON $207.31 ↓ -80%
BCBS BluePremier $216.84 ↓ -79%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $238.71 ↓ -77%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $238.71 ↓ -77%
Humana COMM $240.51 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $250.92 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $264.23 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $278.97 ↓ -73%
Cigna NewBusiness $279.24 ↓ -73%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $307.25 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $307.25 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $311.75 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $311.75 ↓ -70%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $311.75 ↓ -70%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $341.20 ↓ -67%
United SmallGroup $341.20 ↓ -67%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $346.17 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $394.31 ↓ -61%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -61%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $409.66 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $409.66 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $454.73 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $460.87 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $460.87 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $512.08 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $539.73 ↓ -47%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $563.29 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $563.29 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $563.29 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $563.29 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $594.01 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $619.62 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $619.62 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $665.70 ↓ -35%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $708.84 ↓ -31%
BCBS BlueEssentials $708.84 ↓ -31%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $716.91 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $716.91 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $716.91 ↓ -30%
BCBS EPOSOA $743.46 ↓ -27%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $768.12 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $768.12 ↓ -25%
BCBS PPO $778.08 ↓ -24%
USA Managed Care COMM $819.33 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $819.33 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $870.54 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $1,024.16 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,024.16 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,024.16 ↑ +0%

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