Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$9,030.01
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.
$9,030.01
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.
$319.80 with BCBS vs $9,030.01 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | BluePremier | $319.80 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $372.65 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $372.65 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $632.10 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $632.10 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $632.10 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $632.10 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $632.10 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $659.93 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $659.93 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $692.46 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | PPO | $724.98 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | COMM | $931.70 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,219.05 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,264.20 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $1,471.89 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,571.22 | ↓ -83% |
| Oscar | HIX | $1,878.24 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $2,149.14 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,212.35 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | COMM | $2,311.68 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $2,311.68 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $2,329.74 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $2,383.92 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $2,383.92 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,663.85 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $2,663.85 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | HMO | $2,663.85 | ↓ -71% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $2,709.00 | ↓ -70% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $2,709.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | OON | $2,709.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $3,052.14 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $3,368.19 | ↓ -63% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $3,612.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $3,612.00 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $4,009.32 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $4,063.50 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $4,063.50 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $4,515.01 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $4,758.82 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $4,966.51 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $4,966.51 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $4,966.51 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $4,966.51 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $5,237.41 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $5,463.16 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $5,463.16 | ↓ -39% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $5,869.51 | ↓ -35% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $6,321.01 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $6,321.01 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $6,321.01 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $6,772.51 | ↓ -25% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $6,772.51 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $7,224.01 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $7,224.01 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $7,675.51 | ↓ -15% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $9,030.01 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $9,030.01 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $9,030.01 | ↑ +0% |
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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,589.56 | $317.09 – $3,236.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $2,589.56 | $416.02 – $3,236.95 |
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | $1,859.40 | $164.92 – $164.92 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $3,328.88 | $521.71 – $521.71 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,589.56 | $416.02 – $3,236.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,589.56 | $409.24 – $3,884.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,589.56 | $409.24 – $3,236.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,589.56 | $500.03 – $3,884.34 |