Cardiac MRI w/stress img 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

$7,891.21

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.

$7,891.21

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.

$313.62 with United vs $7,891.21 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
United SmallGroup $313.62 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $313.62 ↓ -96%
United STARPLUS $385.59 ↓ -95%
United STARKids $385.59 ↓ -95%
United STAR $385.59 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup CHIP $385.59 ↓ -95%
United CHIP $385.59 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $385.59 ↓ -95%
United STARPerinate $385.59 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $404.87 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MCD $416.44 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $416.44 ↓ -95%
Molina MCDSTAR $424.15 ↓ -95%
Molina CHIP $424.15 ↓ -95%
Molina STAR+PLUS $424.15 ↓ -95%
Molina STARKIDS $424.15 ↓ -95%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $424.15 ↓ -95%
Humana MGMCD $481.99 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $552.38 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $552.38 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $552.38 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $552.38 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $552.38 ↓ -93%
BCBS BluePremier $573.08 ↓ -93%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $630.87 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $630.87 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPHIX $761.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,045.00 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $1,045.40 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $1,084.12 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,086.50 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMM $1,117.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna Meritain $1,117.00 ↓ -86%
Humana COMM $1,214.49 ↓ -85%
Aetna OON $1,314.00 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,347.41 ↓ -83%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,873.35 ↓ -76%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,873.35 ↓ -76%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,964.85 ↓ -75%
BCBS PPO $2,056.35 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $2,367.36 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $2,367.36 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $2,617.37 ↓ -67%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $3,097.48 ↓ -61%
BCBS Traditional $3,503.70 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $3,551.04 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $3,551.04 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $3,945.61 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $4,080.94 ↓ -48%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $4,340.17 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $4,340.17 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $4,340.17 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $4,340.17 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $4,576.90 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $4,684.94 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $4,684.94 ↓ -41%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $5,129.29 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $5,523.85 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $5,523.85 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,918.41 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $5,918.41 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $6,312.97 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $6,312.97 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $6,707.53 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $7,743.71 ↓ -2%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,743.71 ↓ -2%
Unicare MCD $7,891.21 ↑ +0%

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Cardiac MRI w/stress img at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,506.82 $385.59 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $1,506.82 $385.59 – $2,149.00
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $1,137.15 $385.59 – $416.44
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,506.82 $385.59 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,680.47 $345.90 – $2,520.71
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,680.47 $385.59 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,680.47 $412.58 – $2,520.71
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,680.47 $385.59 – $2,700.00

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