Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (without contrast) at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$7,757.38
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.
$7,757.38
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.
$104.75 with United vs $7,757.38 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 | STARPLUS | $104.75 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $104.75 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $104.75 | ↓ -99% |
| United | CHIP | $104.75 | ↓ -99% |
| United | STARPerinate | $104.75 | ↓ -99% |
| United | STAR | $104.75 | ↓ -99% |
| United | STARKids | $104.75 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $109.99 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $113.13 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $113.13 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $115.23 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $115.23 | ↓ -99% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $115.23 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $115.23 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | CHIP | $115.23 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $130.94 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $141.22 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $141.22 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $145.70 | ↓ -98% |
| United | SmallGroup | $154.52 | ↓ -98% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $154.52 | ↓ -98% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | ↓ -97% |
| Imaging Providers of Texas | HMOBlue | $350.00 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $435.99 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $435.99 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $457.29 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | PPO | $478.58 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | COMM | $521.09 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $543.02 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $543.02 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $543.02 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $543.02 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $543.02 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $584.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $800.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | COMM | $856.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $856.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,006.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,047.25 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,086.03 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,349.78 | ↓ -83% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $2,327.21 | ↓ -70% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $2,327.21 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $2,621.99 | ↓ -66% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $3,102.95 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,444.28 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $3,490.82 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $3,490.82 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $3,878.69 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $4,088.14 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $4,266.56 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $4,266.56 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $4,266.56 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $4,266.56 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $4,499.28 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $4,693.21 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $4,693.21 | ↓ -40% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $5,042.30 | ↓ -35% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $5,430.17 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $5,430.17 | ↓ -30% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $5,818.03 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $5,818.03 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $6,205.90 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $6,205.90 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $6,593.77 | ↓ -15% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $7,757.38 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $7,757.38 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $7,757.38 | ↑ +0% |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (without contrast) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,054.79 | $99.77 – $2,568.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $2,054.79 | $99.77 – $2,568.49 |
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | $2,394.15 | $104.75 – $113.13 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $4,007.51 | $522.29 – $522.29 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,054.79 | $99.77 – $2,568.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,731.42 | $141.23 – $2,597.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,655.02 | $99.77 – $2,068.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,731.42 | $99.77 – $2,597.13 |