Neck (Cervical Spine) MRI (without contrast) at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$9,333.75
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.
$9,333.75
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.
$196.48 with United vs $9,333.75 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | CHIP | $196.48 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $196.48 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARPerinate | $196.48 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARPLUS | $196.48 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STARKids | $196.48 | ↓ -98% |
| United | STAR | $196.48 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $196.48 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $206.30 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $212.20 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $212.20 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $216.13 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $216.13 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $216.13 | ↓ -98% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $216.13 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | CHIP | $216.13 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $245.60 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $293.63 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $293.63 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $302.95 | ↓ -97% |
| United | SmallGroup | $313.62 | ↓ -97% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $313.62 | ↓ -97% |
| Imaging Providers of Texas | HMOBlue | $450.00 | ↓ -95% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $517.79 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | COMM | $605.11 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $653.36 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $653.36 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $653.36 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $653.36 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $653.36 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $761.00 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $906.53 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $906.53 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $950.80 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | PPO | $995.08 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1,045.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,117.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,117.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,260.06 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,306.72 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,314.00 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,624.07 | ↓ -83% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $2,800.13 | ↓ -70% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $2,800.13 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $3,154.81 | ↓ -66% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $3,733.50 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $4,144.19 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $4,200.19 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $4,200.19 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $4,666.88 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $4,918.89 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $5,133.56 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $5,133.56 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $5,133.56 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $5,133.56 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $5,413.57 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $5,646.92 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $5,646.92 | ↓ -39% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $6,066.94 | ↓ -35% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $6,533.63 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $6,533.63 | ↓ -30% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $7,000.31 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $7,000.31 | ↓ -25% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $7,467.00 | ↓ -20% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $7,467.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $7,933.69 | ↓ -15% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $9,333.75 | ↑ +0% |
| Unicare | MCD | $9,333.75 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $9,333.75 | ↑ +0% |
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Neck (Cervical Spine) MRI (without contrast) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,266.09 | $196.48 – $2,832.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $2,266.09 | $196.48 – $2,832.61 |
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | $2,394.15 | $196.48 – $212.20 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,266.09 | $196.48 – $2,832.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,318.26 | $314.76 – $3,477.38 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,539.19 | $196.48 – $3,173.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,318.26 | $210.23 – $3,477.38 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,318.26 | $196.48 – $3,477.38 |