MRA without fol w/cont, abd at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$8,279.35
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.
$8,279.35
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.
$454.40 with BCBS vs $8,215.16 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | BluePremier | $454.40 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $500.22 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $500.22 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $575.06 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $575.06 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $575.06 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $575.06 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $575.06 | ↓ -93% |
| United | SmallGroup | $616.10 | ↓ -93% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $616.10 | ↓ -93% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,109.05 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,150.12 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $1,339.07 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,429.44 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,485.40 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,485.40 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,557.95 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,630.50 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1,955.21 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $2,103.08 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | COMM | $2,103.08 | ↓ -75% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $2,464.55 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | OON | $2,464.55 | ↓ -70% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $2,464.55 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $2,776.72 | ↓ -66% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $3,286.06 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,647.53 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $3,696.82 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $3,696.82 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $4,107.58 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $4,329.39 | ↓ -48% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $4,518.34 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $4,518.34 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $4,518.34 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $4,518.34 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $4,764.79 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $4,970.17 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $4,970.17 | ↓ -40% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $5,339.85 | ↓ -36% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $5,750.61 | ↓ -31% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $5,750.61 | ↓ -31% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $6,161.37 | ↓ -26% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $6,161.37 | ↓ -26% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $6,572.13 | ↓ -21% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $6,572.13 | ↓ -21% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $6,982.89 | ↓ -16% |
| Unicare | MCD | $8,215.16 | ↓ -1% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $8,215.16 | ↓ -1% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $8,215.16 | ↓ -1% |
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MRA without fol w/cont, abd at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | $2,394.15 | $589.96 – $589.96 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $20,488.72 | $672.06 – $699.43 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $2,050.65 | $538.41 – $4,394.25 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $1,818.95 | $458.22 – $5,197.00 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $1,040.40 | $400.00 – $6,120.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | $18,152.95 | $672.06 – $699.43 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $1,818.95 | $538.41 – $5,197.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $1,818.95 | $538.41 – $5,197.00 |