Middle cerebral artery echo at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
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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.
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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.
$89.21 with Amerigroup vs $478.58 with BCBS — 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 |
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| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $89.21 | — |
| United | CHIP | $89.21 | — |
| United | STAR | $89.21 | — |
| United | STARKids | $89.21 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $89.21 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $89.21 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $89.21 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $93.29 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $93.67 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $96.35 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $96.35 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $98.13 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $98.13 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $98.13 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $98.13 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $98.13 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $111.51 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $127.90 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $133.38 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $137.01 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $137.01 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $146.82 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $146.82 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $154.52 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $154.52 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $160.70 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $223.93 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $224.14 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $231.95 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $250.24 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $250.24 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $250.24 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $316.51 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $435.99 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $435.99 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $457.29 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $478.58 | — |
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Middle cerebral artery echo at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $332.64 | $89.21 – $415.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $332.64 | $89.21 – $415.80 |
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | not published | $89.21 – $96.35 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $332.64 | $89.21 – $415.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $267.75 | $55.11 – $401.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $267.75 | $89.21 – $334.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $267.75 | $95.45 – $401.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $267.75 | $89.21 – $401.62 |