Echo transesophageal 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

$5,599.03

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.

$5,599.03

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.

$11.03 with United vs $5,599.03 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 STAR $11.03 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.03 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup CHIP $11.03 ↓ -100%
United STARPerinate $11.03 ↓ -100%
United STARPLUS $11.03 ↓ -100%
United CHIP $11.03 ↓ -100%
United STARKids $11.03 ↓ -100%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $11.58 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MCD $11.91 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $11.91 ↓ -100%
Molina STAR+PLUS $12.13 ↓ -100%
Molina MCDSTAR $12.13 ↓ -100%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $12.13 ↓ -100%
Molina CHIP $12.13 ↓ -100%
Molina STARKIDS $12.13 ↓ -100%
Humana MGMCD $13.79 ↓ -100%
BCBS BluePremier $28.06 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $32.70 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $32.70 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $57.90 ↓ -99%
BCBS BlueEssentials $57.90 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $60.76 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $63.61 ↓ -99%
Humana COMM $83.13 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $391.93 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $391.93 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $391.93 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $391.93 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $391.93 ↓ -93%
Cigna IFP $755.87 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $783.86 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $912.64 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $974.23 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $1,164.60 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,332.57 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,371.76 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMM $1,433.35 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $1,433.35 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $1,444.55 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $1,478.14 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $1,478.14 ↓ -74%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,651.71 ↓ -71%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,651.71 ↓ -71%
Cigna HMO $1,651.71 ↓ -71%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $1,679.71 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $1,679.71 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $1,679.71 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,892.47 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $2,088.44 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,239.61 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $2,239.61 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $2,485.97 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,519.56 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $2,519.56 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,799.51 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $2,950.69 ↓ -47%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,079.47 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,079.47 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $3,079.47 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,079.47 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,247.44 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $3,387.41 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $3,387.41 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $3,639.37 ↓ -35%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,919.32 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,919.32 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,919.32 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $4,199.27 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,199.27 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $4,479.22 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $4,479.22 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4,759.18 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $5,599.03 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $5,599.03 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,599.03 ↑ +0%

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