Echo exam of fetal heart 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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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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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.

$232.01 with BCBS vs $4,860.25 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
BCBS BluePremier $232.01
BCBS MyBlueHealth $255.41
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $255.41
United STARPerinate $262.29
United STARPLUS $262.29
Amerigroup CHIP $262.29
United STARKids $262.29
United STAR $262.29
United CHIP $262.29
Amerigroup MGMCD $262.29
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $275.40
Aetna Better Health MCD $283.27
Aetna Better Health CHIP $283.27
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $288.52
Molina CHIP $288.52
Molina STAR+PLUS $288.52
Molina STARKIDS $288.52
Molina MCDSTAR $288.52
Aetna QHPHIX $313.40
Humana MGMCD $327.86
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $340.22
Superior Health Plan STARKids $340.22
Superior Health Plan CHIP $340.22
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $340.22
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $340.22
Aetna NewBusiness $429.69
Aetna COMM $460.30
Aetna Meritain $460.30
Aetna OON $539.87
Cigna IFP $643.87
United SmallGroup $657.03
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $657.03
Cigna QHP $667.72
Cigna LocalPlus $741.30
Cigna NewBusiness $742.01
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $758.43
BCBS BlueEssentials $758.43
Humana COMM $788.64
BCBS EPOSOA $795.48
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $828.41
Cigna NetworkBenefit $828.41
Cigna HMO $828.41
United OptionsPPO $829.88
BCBS PPO $832.52
Cigna AllOther $1,047.78
United AllPayerAppendix $1,086.50
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,168.50
Evry Health COMM $1,230.51
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $1,458.08
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $1,458.08
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,612.06
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,907.76
Curative Administrators COMM $1,907.76
BCBS Traditional $2,157.95
City of McKinney COMM $2,187.11
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,187.11
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,430.13
Aetna ASA $2,513.47
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,673.14
Aetna WCOMP $2,673.14
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,673.14
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,673.14
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,818.95
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,885.49
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,885.49
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $3,159.16
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,338.58
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,402.18
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,402.18
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $3,645.19
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,645.19
USC Health Services COMM $3,888.20
USA Managed Care COMM $3,888.20
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4,131.21
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,769.40
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4,769.40
Unicare MCD $4,860.25

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Echo exam of fetal heart at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $855.38 $262.29 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $855.38 $262.29 – $1,180.13
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $262.29 – $283.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $855.38 $262.29 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $943.49 $194.20 – $1,415.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $805.36 $262.29 – $1,366.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $943.49 $280.65 – $1,415.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $943.49 $262.29 – $1,415.24

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