Xray place prox ext thor ao 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

$3,299.90

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.

$3,299.90

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.

$230.99 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,299.90 with Unicare — 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 STARKids $230.99 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $230.99 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $230.99 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $230.99 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $230.99 ↓ -93%
BCBS BluePremier $240.17 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $264.38 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $264.38 ↓ -92%
Cigna IFP $445.49 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $461.99 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $537.88 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $574.18 ↓ -83%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $626.98 ↓ -81%
BCBS BlueEssentials $785.08 ↓ -76%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $785.08 ↓ -76%
Aetna NewBusiness $785.38 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $808.48 ↓ -75%
BCBS EPOSOA $823.43 ↓ -75%
Aetna Meritain $844.77 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMM $844.77 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $851.37 ↓ -74%
BCBS PPO $861.77 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $871.17 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $871.17 ↓ -74%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $973.47 ↓ -71%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $973.47 ↓ -71%
Cigna HMO $973.47 ↓ -71%
Aetna OON $989.97 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $989.97 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $989.97 ↓ -70%
Humana COMM $1,022.64 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,115.37 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $1,230.86 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,319.96 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,319.96 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,465.16 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,484.95 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $1,484.95 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,649.95 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $1,739.05 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,814.94 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,814.94 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,814.94 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,814.94 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,913.94 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,996.44 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,996.44 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $2,144.93 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,309.93 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,309.93 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,309.93 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,474.93 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,474.93 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $2,639.92 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $2,639.92 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,804.91 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,299.90 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,299.90 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $3,299.90 ↑ +0%

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