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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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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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.

$147.95 with BCBS vs $3,411.80 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 $147.95
United STARPerinate $157.04
United CHIP $157.04
Amerigroup MGMCD $157.04
United STAR $157.04
United STARKids $157.04
United STARPLUS $157.04
Amerigroup CHIP $157.04
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $162.87
BCBS MyBlueHealth $162.87
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $164.89
Aetna Better Health CHIP $169.60
Aetna Better Health MCD $169.60
Molina STARKIDS $172.74
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $172.74
Molina MCDSTAR $172.74
Molina CHIP $172.74
Molina STAR+PLUS $172.74
Humana MGMCD $196.30
Aetna QHPHIX $201.78
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $238.83
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $238.83
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $238.83
Superior Health Plan STARKids $238.83
Superior Health Plan CHIP $238.83
Aetna NewBusiness $276.66
Aetna Meritain $296.36
Aetna COMM $296.36
United SmallGroup $313.62
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $313.62
Aetna OON $347.60
Cigna IFP $451.98
Cigna QHP $468.72
Cigna LocalPlus $476.05
Cigna NewBusiness $476.50
BCBS BlueEssentials $483.64
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $483.64
Humana COMM $498.31
BCBS EPOSOA $507.27
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79
BCBS PPO $530.89
Cigna NetworkBenefit $531.99
Cigna HMO $531.99
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $531.99
United OptionsPPO $582.56
Cigna AllOther $672.86
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $820.27
Evry Health COMM $863.79
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $1,023.54
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $1,023.54
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,131.63
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,339.21
Curative Administrators COMM $1,339.21
BCBS Traditional $1,514.84
City of McKinney COMM $1,535.31
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,535.31
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,705.90
Aetna ASA $1,764.41
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,876.49
Aetna WCOMP $1,876.49
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,876.49
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,876.49
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,978.84
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,025.56
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,025.56
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $2,217.67
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $2,343.62
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $2,388.26
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,388.26
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $2,558.85
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,558.85
USC Health Services COMM $2,729.44
USA Managed Care COMM $2,729.44
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,900.03
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,348.03
Independent Medical Systems COMM $3,348.03
Unicare MCD $3,411.80

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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 $378.00 $157.04 – $607.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $378.00 $157.04 – $515.33
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $157.04 – $169.60
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $378.00 $157.04 – $607.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $569.48 $117.22 – $854.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $767.01 $157.04 – $958.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $569.48 $168.03 – $854.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $569.48 $157.04 – $854.22

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