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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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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$70.16 with United vs $1,350.70 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 CHIP $70.16
Amerigroup CHIP $70.16
United STARPerinate $70.16
United STARPLUS $70.16
United STARKids $70.16
United STAR $70.16
Amerigroup MGMCD $70.16
Aetna QHPHIX $72.99
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $73.67
Aetna Better Health MCD $75.77
Aetna Better Health CHIP $75.77
Molina MCDSTAR $77.18
Molina STARKIDS $77.18
Molina STAR+PLUS $77.18
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $77.18
Molina CHIP $77.18
Humana MGMCD $87.70
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $94.55
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $94.55
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $94.55
Superior Health Plan STARKids $94.55
Superior Health Plan CHIP $94.55
Aetna NewBusiness $100.07
Aetna COMM $107.20
Aetna Meritain $107.20
Aetna OON $125.73
BCBS BluePremier $133.38
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
United SmallGroup $154.52
Cigna LocalPlus $170.22
Cigna NewBusiness $170.38
Cigna IFP $178.94
Cigna QHP $185.56
Humana COMM $189.22
Cigna NetworkBenefit $190.22
Cigna HMO $190.22
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $190.22
United OptionsPPO $230.63
Cigna AllOther $240.59
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $324.74
Evry Health COMM $341.97
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $405.21
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $405.21
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $448.01
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
BCBS PPO $478.58
Curative Administrators COMM $530.18
Prominence Health Plan HIX $530.18
BCBS Traditional $599.71
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $607.82
City of McKinney COMM $607.82
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $675.35
Aetna ASA $698.52
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $742.88
Aetna WCOMP $742.88
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $742.88
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $742.88
Averde Health, Inc PPO $783.41
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $801.90
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $801.90
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $877.96
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $927.82
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $945.49
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $945.49
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,013.02
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,013.02
USC Health Services COMM $1,080.56
USA Managed Care COMM $1,080.56
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,148.10
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,325.46
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,325.46
Unicare MCD $1,350.70

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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 $431.41 $70.16 – $539.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $431.41 $70.16 – $539.26
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $70.16 – $75.77
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $431.41 $70.16 – $539.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $429.87 $88.48 – $644.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $306.05 $70.16 – $382.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $429.87 $75.07 – $644.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $429.87 $70.16 – $644.80

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