Fetal non stress test 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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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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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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$9.46 with Humana vs $4,332.00 with Aetna — 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
Humana Tricare $9.46
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $9.75
United CHIP $15.78
United STAR $15.78
United STARPerinate $15.78
United STARKids $15.78
United STARPLUS $15.78
Amerigroup CHIP $16.57
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $16.57
Amerigroup MGMCD $16.57
Molina CHIP $17.36
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $17.36
Molina MCDSTAR $17.36
Molina STARKIDS $17.36
Molina STAR+PLUS $17.36
Aetna Better Health MCD $18.94
Aetna Better Health CHIP $18.94
Humana MGMCD $19.72
BCBS BluePremier $23.99
BCBS MyBlueHealth $32.79
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $32.79
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $34.11
BCBS BlueEssentials $34.11
BCBS EPOSOA $35.79
BCBS PPO $37.48
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $46.87
Superior Health Plan STARKids $46.87
Superior Health Plan CHIP $46.87
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $46.87
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $46.87
Cigna IFP $90.39
Cigna QHP $93.74
United OptionsPPO $116.50
Humana COMM $125.26
Oscar HIX $139.26
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $164.04
Evry Health COMM $172.74
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $200.86
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $200.86
WellMed MGMCR $204.11
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $226.30
Cigna LocalPlus $262.00
Cigna NewBusiness $263.00
Curative Administrators COMM $267.82
Prominence Health Plan HIX $267.82
Cigna HMO $293.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $293.00
Cigna NetworkBenefit $293.00
BCBS Traditional $297.28
City of McKinney COMM $301.29
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $301.29
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $334.77
Aetna ASA $352.85
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $368.25
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $368.25
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $368.25
Aetna WCOMP $368.25
Cigna AllOther $371.00
Averde Health, Inc PPO $388.33
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $405.07
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $405.07
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $435.20
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $468.68
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $468.68
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $468.68
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $502.15
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $502.15
USA Managed Care COMM $535.63
USC Health Services COMM $535.63
Galaxy Health Network PPO $569.11
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $669.54
Independent Medical Systems COMM $669.54
Unicare MCD $669.54
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,259.00
United SmallGroup $1,454.00
United AllPayerAppendix $2,174.00
Aetna QHPHIX $2,513.00
Aetna NewBusiness $3,445.00
Aetna Meritain $3,682.00
Aetna COMM $3,682.00
Aetna OON $4,332.00

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Fetal non stress test at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $557.85 $15.78 – $697.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $557.85 $15.78 – $697.31
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $557.85 $15.78 – $697.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $567.54 $16.88 – $851.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $497.73 $15.78 – $622.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $567.54 $16.88 – $851.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $567.54 $15.78 – $851.31

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