Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with contrast) at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$7,963.30
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.
$7,963.30
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.
$173.75 with United vs $7,739.21 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.
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 | STARPerinate | $173.75 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARKids | $173.75 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STAR | $173.75 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $173.75 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $173.75 | ↓ -98% |
| United | CHIP | $173.75 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARPLUS | $173.75 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $182.44 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $187.65 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $187.65 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | CHIP | $191.13 | ↓ -98% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $191.13 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $191.13 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $191.13 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $191.13 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $217.19 | ↓ -97% |
| Imaging Providers of Texas | HMOBlue | $350.00 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $481.13 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $481.13 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $496.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $541.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $541.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $541.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $541.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $541.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $584.00 | ↓ -93% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $616.10 | ↓ -92% |
| United | SmallGroup | $616.10 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | COMM | $670.66 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $800.00 | ↓ -90% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | COMM | $856.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $856.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,006.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,044.79 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,083.49 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,346.62 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,485.40 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,485.40 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,557.95 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,630.50 | ↓ -80% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $2,321.76 | ↓ -71% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $2,321.76 | ↓ -71% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $2,615.85 | ↓ -67% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $3,095.68 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,436.21 | ↓ -57% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $3,482.64 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $3,482.64 | ↓ -56% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $3,869.61 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | ASA | $4,078.56 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $4,256.57 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $4,256.57 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $4,256.57 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $4,256.57 | ↓ -47% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $4,488.74 | ↓ -44% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $4,682.22 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $4,682.22 | ↓ -41% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $5,030.49 | ↓ -37% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $5,417.45 | ↓ -32% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $5,417.45 | ↓ -32% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $5,804.41 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $5,804.41 | ↓ -27% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $6,191.37 | ↓ -22% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $6,191.37 | ↓ -22% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $6,578.33 | ↓ -17% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $7,739.21 | ↓ -3% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $7,739.21 | ↓ -3% |
| Unicare | MCD | $7,739.21 | ↓ -3% |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) 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 | $2,381.40 | $173.75 – $2,976.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $2,381.40 | $173.75 – $2,976.75 |
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | $2,612.85 | $173.75 – $187.65 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $4,302.62 | $1,779.42 – $1,779.42 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,381.40 | $173.75 – $2,976.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,041.20 | $420.15 – $3,061.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,381.40 | $173.75 – $2,976.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,041.20 | $185.91 – $3,061.80 |