Echo transthoracic 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

$5,606.74

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.

$5,606.74

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.

$220.19 with United vs $5,606.74 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 CHIP $220.19 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup CHIP $220.19 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $220.19 ↓ -96%
United STARPerinate $220.19 ↓ -96%
United STARPLUS $220.19 ↓ -96%
United STARKids $220.19 ↓ -96%
United STAR $220.19 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $231.20 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MCD $237.81 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $237.81 ↓ -96%
Molina STAR+PLUS $242.21 ↓ -96%
Molina CHIP $242.21 ↓ -96%
Molina MCDSTAR $242.21 ↓ -96%
Molina STARKIDS $242.21 ↓ -96%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $242.21 ↓ -96%
Humana MGMCD $275.24 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $392.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $392.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $392.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $392.47 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $392.47 ↓ -93%
BCBS BluePremier $411.65 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $479.68 ↓ -91%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $479.68 ↓ -91%
Cigna IFP $756.91 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $784.94 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $849.47 ↓ -85%
BCBS BlueEssentials $849.47 ↓ -85%
BCBS EPOSOA $891.34 ↓ -84%
Aetna QHPHIX $913.90 ↓ -84%
BCBS PPO $933.20 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $975.57 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $1,166.20 ↓ -79%
Humana COMM $1,216.70 ↓ -78%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,334.40 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,373.65 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMM $1,435.33 ↓ -74%
Aetna Meritain $1,435.33 ↓ -74%
Evry Health COMM $1,446.54 ↓ -74%
Cigna NewBusiness $1,480.18 ↓ -74%
Cigna LocalPlus $1,480.18 ↓ -74%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $1,653.99 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO $1,653.99 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,653.99 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $1,682.02 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $1,682.02 ↓ -70%
Aetna OON $1,682.02 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $1,895.08 ↓ -66%
Cigna AllOther $2,091.31 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,242.70 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $2,242.70 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $2,489.39 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $2,523.03 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $2,523.03 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $2,803.37 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $2,954.75 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $3,083.71 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $3,083.71 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $3,083.71 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $3,083.71 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $3,251.91 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $3,392.08 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $3,392.08 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $3,644.38 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $3,924.72 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $3,924.72 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $3,924.72 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $4,205.06 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,205.06 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $4,485.39 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $4,485.39 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $4,765.73 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $5,606.74 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $5,606.74 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,606.74 ↑ +0%

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