Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) 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

$1,271.95

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.

$1,271.95

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.

$87.21 with United vs $1,247.15 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 STAR $87.21 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCD $87.21 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup CHIP $87.21 ↓ -93%
United CHIP $87.21 ↓ -93%
United STARPerinate $87.21 ↓ -93%
United STARPLUS $87.21 ↓ -93%
United STARKids $87.21 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $87.30 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $87.30 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $87.30 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $87.30 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $87.30 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $91.57 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $94.19 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health MCD $94.19 ↓ -93%
Molina STAR+PLUS $95.93 ↓ -92%
Molina MCDSTAR $95.93 ↓ -92%
Molina CHIP $95.93 ↓ -92%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $95.93 ↓ -92%
Molina STARKIDS $95.93 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPHIX $101.17 ↓ -92%
Humana MGMCD $109.01 ↓ -91%
BCBS BluePremier $133.38 ↓ -90%
Aetna NewBusiness $138.72 ↓ -89%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82 ↓ -88%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82 ↓ -88%
Aetna Meritain $148.60 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMM $148.60 ↓ -88%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -88%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $168.37 ↓ -87%
Aetna OON $174.28 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $174.60 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $217.00 ↓ -83%
Cigna LocalPlus $242.69 ↓ -81%
Cigna NewBusiness $242.93 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -81%
Humana COMM $251.90 ↓ -80%
Cigna HMO $271.21 ↓ -79%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $271.21 ↓ -79%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $271.21 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $305.55 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $321.76 ↓ -75%
Cigna AllOther $343.03 ↓ -73%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $374.14 ↓ -71%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $374.14 ↓ -71%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $421.54 ↓ -67%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99 ↓ -66%
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99 ↓ -66%
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29 ↓ -64%
BCBS PPO $478.58 ↓ -62%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $498.86 ↓ -61%
Curative Administrators COMM $498.86 ↓ -61%
BCBS Traditional $553.73 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $561.22 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $561.22 ↓ -56%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $623.58 ↓ -51%
Aetna ASA $657.25 ↓ -48%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $685.93 ↓ -46%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $685.93 ↓ -46%
Aetna WCOMP $685.93 ↓ -46%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $685.93 ↓ -46%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $723.35 ↓ -43%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $754.53 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $754.53 ↓ -41%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $810.65 ↓ -36%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $873.00 ↓ -31%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $873.00 ↓ -31%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $873.00 ↓ -31%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $935.36 ↓ -26%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $935.36 ↓ -26%
USA Managed Care COMM $997.72 ↓ -22%
USC Health Services COMM $997.72 ↓ -22%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,060.08 ↓ -17%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,247.15 ↓ -2%
Unicare MCD $1,247.15 ↓ -2%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,247.15 ↓ -2%

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $629.42 $87.21 – $786.77
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