Head CT scan (with contrast) at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$6,706.51
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.
$6,706.51
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.
$152.36 with United vs $6,706.51 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 | $152.36 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $152.36 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARPerinate | $152.36 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARPLUS | $152.36 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARKids | $152.36 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STAR | $152.36 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $152.36 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $159.98 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $164.55 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $164.55 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $167.60 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $167.60 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $167.60 | ↓ -98% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $167.60 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | CHIP | $167.60 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $190.45 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $229.60 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $229.60 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $236.89 | ↓ -96% |
| United | SmallGroup | $341.20 | ↓ -95% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $341.20 | ↓ -95% |
| Imaging Providers of Texas | HMOBlue | $350.00 | ↓ -95% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $401.74 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | COMM | $427.07 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $469.46 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $469.46 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $469.46 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $469.46 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $469.46 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $584.00 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $708.84 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $708.84 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $743.46 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | PPO | $778.08 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $800.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | COMM | $856.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $856.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $905.38 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $938.91 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,006.00 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,166.93 | ↓ -83% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $2,011.95 | ↓ -70% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $2,011.95 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $2,266.80 | ↓ -66% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $2,682.60 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,977.69 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $3,017.93 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $3,017.93 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $3,353.26 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $3,534.33 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $3,688.58 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $3,688.58 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $3,688.58 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $3,688.58 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $3,889.78 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $4,057.44 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $4,057.44 | ↓ -39% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $4,359.23 | ↓ -35% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $4,694.56 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $4,694.56 | ↓ -30% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $5,029.88 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $5,029.88 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $5,365.21 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $5,365.21 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $5,700.53 | ↓ -15% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $6,706.51 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $6,706.51 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $6,706.51 | ↑ +0% |
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Head CT scan (with contrast) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,681.39 | $152.36 – $2,101.74 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $1,681.39 | $152.36 – $2,101.74 |
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | $2,275.80 | $152.36 – $164.55 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $3,494.18 | $849.15 – $849.15 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,681.39 | $152.36 – $2,101.74 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,625.05 | $236.02 – $2,437.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,762.24 | $152.36 – $2,202.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,625.05 | $163.03 – $2,437.57 |