Echo tee guidance at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$4,209.69
Cash price 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.
$4,209.69
Gross charge 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.
$219.86 with United vs $4,209.69 with Independent Medical Systems — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | CHIP | $219.86 | ↓ -95% |
| United | STARPerinate | $219.86 | ↓ -95% |
| United | STARPLUS | $219.86 | ↓ -95% |
| United | STARKids | $219.86 | ↓ -95% |
| United | STAR | $219.86 | ↓ -95% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $219.86 | ↓ -95% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $219.86 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $230.85 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $237.45 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $237.45 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | CHIP | $241.85 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $241.85 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $241.85 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $241.85 | ↓ -94% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $241.85 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $274.83 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $294.68 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $294.68 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $294.68 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $294.68 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $294.68 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $558.80 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $568.31 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $589.36 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $651.14 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $651.14 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $686.18 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $732.49 | ↓ -83% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $799.84 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $875.62 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1,001.91 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,031.37 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,077.68 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,077.68 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $1,086.10 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $1,111.36 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $1,111.36 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,153.12 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,153.12 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,209.95 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,241.86 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,241.86 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $1,241.86 | ↓ -70% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $1,262.91 | ↓ -70% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $1,262.91 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,262.91 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,266.77 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,422.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $1,570.21 | ↓ -63% |
| Humana | COMM | $1,630.83 | ↓ -61% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $1,683.88 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,683.88 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,869.10 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,894.36 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,894.36 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $2,104.84 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $2,218.51 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $2,315.33 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $2,315.33 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $2,315.33 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $2,315.33 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $2,441.62 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $2,546.86 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $2,546.86 | ↓ -40% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $2,736.30 | ↓ -35% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $2,946.78 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $2,946.78 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $2,946.78 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $3,157.27 | ↓ -25% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $3,157.27 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $3,367.75 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $3,367.75 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $3,578.24 | ↓ -15% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $4,209.69 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $4,209.69 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $4,209.69 | ↑ +0% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,210.68 | $219.86 – $4,548.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $3,210.68 | $219.86 – $4,548.46 |
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | not published | $219.86 – $237.45 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,210.68 | $219.86 – $4,548.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,967.40 | $238.59 – $5,951.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $3,773.93 | $219.86 – $4,717.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,967.40 | $235.25 – $5,951.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,967.40 | $219.86 – $5,951.11 |