Fetal biophys profile w/nst 76818 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

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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.

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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.

$81.48 with BCBS vs $2,532.22 with Unicare — 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
BCBS BluePremier $81.48
BCBS MyBlueHealth $89.70
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $89.70
United STAR $104.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75
Amerigroup CHIP $104.75
United STARPerinate $104.75
United STARPLUS $104.75
United STARKids $104.75
United CHIP $104.75
Aetna QHPHIX $108.24
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $109.99
Aetna Better Health MCD $113.13
Aetna Better Health CHIP $113.13
Molina STAR+PLUS $115.23
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $115.23
Molina STARKIDS $115.23
Molina MCDSTAR $115.23
Molina CHIP $115.23
Humana MGMCD $130.94
Aetna NewBusiness $148.40
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
Aetna COMM $158.97
Aetna Meritain $158.97
Superior Health Plan STARKids $177.26
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $177.26
Superior Health Plan CHIP $177.26
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $177.26
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $177.26
Aetna OON $186.45
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
BCBS BlueEssentials $266.35
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $266.35
Cigna LocalPlus $267.96
Cigna NewBusiness $268.22
BCBS EPOSOA $279.36
Humana COMM $280.16
BCBS PPO $292.37
Cigna NetworkBenefit $299.45
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $299.45
Cigna HMO $299.45
Cigna IFP $335.46
Cigna QHP $347.88
Cigna AllOther $378.75
United OptionsPPO $432.37
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $608.80
Evry Health COMM $641.10
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $759.67
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $759.67
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $839.89
Prominence Health Plan HIX $993.96
Curative Administrators COMM $993.96
BCBS Traditional $1,124.31
City of McKinney COMM $1,139.50
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $1,139.50
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $1,266.11
Aetna ASA $1,309.54
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,392.72
Aetna WCOMP $1,392.72
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,392.72
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,392.72
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,468.69
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,503.36
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,503.36
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $1,645.94
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,739.42
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,772.55
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,772.55
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,899.16
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,899.16
USC Health Services COMM $2,025.78
USA Managed Care COMM $2,025.78
Galaxy Health Network PPO $2,152.39
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,484.89
Independent Medical Systems COMM $2,484.89
Unicare MCD $2,532.22

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Fetal biophys profile w/nst 76818 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $541.74 $99.77 – $677.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $541.74 $99.77 – $677.17
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $381.75 $104.75 – $113.13
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $541.74 $99.77 – $677.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $541.74 $111.51 – $812.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $541.74 $99.77 – $677.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $541.74 $99.77 – $812.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $541.74 $104.75 – $812.61

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