MRI brain w/dye at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$31,709.99
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.
$31,709.99
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.
$240.17 with BCBS vs $31,709.99 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | BluePremier | $240.17 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $264.38 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $264.38 | ↓ -99% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $341.20 | ↓ -99% |
| United | SmallGroup | $341.20 | ↓ -99% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $401.74 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $761.00 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $785.08 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $785.08 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $823.43 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | PPO | $861.77 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | COMM | $999.67 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1,045.00 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,117.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,117.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,314.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $2,219.70 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $2,219.70 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $2,219.70 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $2,219.70 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $2,219.70 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $4,280.85 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $4,439.40 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $5,517.54 | ↓ -83% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $9,513.00 | ↓ -70% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $9,513.00 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $10,717.98 | ↓ -66% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $12,684.00 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $14,079.24 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $14,269.50 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $14,269.50 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $15,855.00 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $16,711.16 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $17,440.49 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $17,440.49 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $17,440.49 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $17,440.49 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $18,391.79 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $19,184.54 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $19,184.54 | ↓ -40% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $20,611.49 | ↓ -35% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $22,196.99 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $22,196.99 | ↓ -30% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $23,782.49 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $23,782.49 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $25,367.99 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $25,367.99 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $26,953.49 | ↓ -15% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $31,709.99 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $31,709.99 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $31,709.99 | ↑ +0% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,505.67 | $167.39 – $3,132.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $2,505.67 | $167.39 – $3,132.08 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,505.67 | $167.39 – $3,132.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,124.60 | $437.31 – $3,186.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,124.60 | $167.39 – $2,655.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,124.60 | $167.39 – $3,186.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,124.60 | $455.16 – $3,186.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,124.60 | $167.39 – $3,186.90 |