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

$4,209.69

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.

$4,209.69

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.

$294.68 with Superior Health Plan 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.

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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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $294.68 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $294.68 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $294.68 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $294.68 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $294.68 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCD $359.51 ↓ -91%
United CHIP $359.51 ↓ -91%
United STAR $359.51 ↓ -91%
United STARKids $359.51 ↓ -91%
United STARPLUS $359.51 ↓ -91%
United STARPerinate $359.51 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup CHIP $359.51 ↓ -91%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $377.49 ↓ -91%
Aetna Better Health MCD $388.27 ↓ -91%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $388.27 ↓ -91%
Molina STAR+PLUS $395.46 ↓ -91%
Molina MCDSTAR $395.46 ↓ -91%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $395.46 ↓ -91%
Molina CHIP $395.46 ↓ -91%
Molina STARKIDS $395.46 ↓ -91%
Humana MGMCD $449.39 ↓ -89%
Cigna IFP $568.31 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $589.36 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $686.18 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $732.49 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $875.62 ↓ -79%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,001.91 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,031.37 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMM $1,077.68 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $1,077.68 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $1,086.10 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $1,111.36 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $1,111.36 ↓ -74%
BCBS BluePremier $1,173.72 ↓ -72%
Cigna HMO $1,241.86 ↓ -70%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,241.86 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,241.86 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $1,262.91 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $1,262.91 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $1,262.91 ↓ -70%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,367.68 ↓ -68%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $1,367.68 ↓ -68%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,422.88 ↓ -66%
Humana COMM $1,538.33 ↓ -63%
Cigna AllOther $1,570.21 ↓ -63%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $1,683.88 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,683.88 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $1,869.10 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $1,894.36 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,894.36 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,104.84 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $2,218.51 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $2,315.33 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $2,315.33 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $2,315.33 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $2,315.33 ↓ -45%
BCBS BlueEssentials $2,422.05 ↓ -42%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $2,422.05 ↓ -42%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $2,441.62 ↓ -42%
BCBS EPOSOA $2,541.41 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $2,546.86 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $2,546.86 ↓ -40%
BCBS PPO $2,660.77 ↓ -37%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $2,736.30 ↓ -35%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $2,946.78 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $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%
USC Health Services COMM $3,367.75 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $3,367.75 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $3,578.24 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $4,209.69 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,209.69 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $4,209.69 ↑ +0%

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