MRI guid parenchymal tiss ablation at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$8,364.93
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.
$8,364.93
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.
$263.75 with BCBS vs $8,364.93 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 | $263.75 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $290.35 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $290.35 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $585.55 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $585.55 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $585.55 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $585.55 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $585.55 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $761.00 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $862.18 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $862.18 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $904.29 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | PPO | $946.40 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1,045.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,117.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,117.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,129.27 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,171.09 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,314.00 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,455.50 | ↓ -83% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $1,589.34 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | COMM | $2,284.38 | ↓ -73% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $2,509.48 | ↓ -70% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $2,509.48 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $2,827.35 | ↓ -66% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $3,345.97 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,714.03 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $3,764.22 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $3,764.22 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $4,182.47 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $4,408.32 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $4,600.71 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $4,600.71 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $4,600.71 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $4,600.71 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $4,851.66 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $5,060.78 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $5,060.78 | ↓ -40% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $5,437.20 | ↓ -35% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $5,855.45 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $5,855.45 | ↓ -30% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $6,273.70 | ↓ -25% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $6,273.70 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $6,691.94 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $6,691.94 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $7,110.19 | ↓ -15% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $8,364.93 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $8,364.93 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $8,364.93 | ↑ +0% |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,394.95 | $492.96 – $3,592.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,394.95 | $478.99 – $2,993.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,394.95 | $768.78 – $3,592.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,394.95 | $1,237.39 – $3,592.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,394.95 | $744.71 – $3,592.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $2,394.95 | $478.99 – $3,392.85 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $2,394.95 | $598.74 – $3,592.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $2,394.95 | $439.07 – $3,592.43 |