Head CT scan (with and without contrast) at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$8,201.07
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.
$8,201.07
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.
$175.06 with United vs $7,970.89 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | CHIP | $175.06 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $175.06 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARPerinate | $175.06 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARPLUS | $175.06 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARKids | $175.06 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STAR | $175.06 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $175.06 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $183.81 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $189.06 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $189.06 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $192.57 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $192.57 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $192.57 | ↓ -98% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $192.57 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | CHIP | $192.57 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $218.82 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $229.60 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $229.60 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $236.89 | ↓ -97% |
| United | SmallGroup | $341.20 | ↓ -96% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $341.20 | ↓ -96% |
| Imaging Providers of Texas | HMOBlue | $350.00 | ↓ -96% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $401.74 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | COMM | $513.96 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $557.96 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $557.96 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $557.96 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $557.96 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $557.96 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $584.00 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $708.84 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $708.84 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $743.46 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | PPO | $778.08 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $800.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | COMM | $856.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $856.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,006.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,076.07 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,115.92 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,386.93 | ↓ -83% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $2,391.27 | ↓ -71% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $2,391.27 | ↓ -71% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $2,694.16 | ↓ -67% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $3,188.36 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,539.08 | ↓ -57% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $3,586.90 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $3,586.90 | ↓ -56% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $3,985.45 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | ASA | $4,200.66 | ↓ -49% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $4,383.99 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $4,383.99 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $4,383.99 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $4,383.99 | ↓ -47% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $4,623.12 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $4,822.39 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $4,822.39 | ↓ -41% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $5,181.08 | ↓ -37% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $5,579.62 | ↓ -32% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $5,579.62 | ↓ -32% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $5,978.17 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $5,978.17 | ↓ -27% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $6,376.71 | ↓ -22% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $6,376.71 | ↓ -22% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $6,775.26 | ↓ -17% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $7,970.89 | ↓ -3% |
| Unicare | MCD | $7,970.89 | ↓ -3% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $7,970.89 | ↓ -3% |
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Head CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,041.88 | $167.39 – $2,552.36 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $2,041.88 | $167.39 – $2,552.36 |
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | $2,720.70 | $175.06 – $189.06 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $3,802.18 | $849.15 – $849.15 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,041.88 | $167.39 – $2,552.36 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,925.21 | $236.02 – $2,887.81 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,277.85 | $167.39 – $2,847.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,925.21 | $167.39 – $2,887.81 |