Oph Ultrasound dx quan a-scan only at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL

5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

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Cash price

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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

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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.

$35.81 with Aetna 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Aetna QHPHIX $35.81
Aetna NewBusiness $49.10
Aetna COMM $52.60
Aetna Meritain $52.60
Amerigroup MGMCD $57.14
United CHIP $57.14
United STAR $57.14
United STARKids $57.14
United STARPLUS $57.14
United STARPerinate $57.14
Amerigroup CHIP $57.14
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $60.00
Aetna OON $61.70
Aetna Better Health CHIP $61.71
Aetna Better Health MCD $61.71
Molina STAR+PLUS $62.85
Molina MCDSTAR $62.85
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $62.85
Molina CHIP $62.85
Molina STARKIDS $62.85
Humana MGMCD $71.42
Cigna LocalPlus $86.99
Cigna NewBusiness $87.07
Cigna NetworkBenefit $97.21
Cigna HMO $97.21
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $97.21
Cigna AllOther $122.95
BCBS BluePremier $133.38
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
Humana COMM $157.88
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
BCBS PPO $478.58

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Oph Ultrasound dx quan a-scan only at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $264.70 $57.14 – $330.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $264.70 $57.14 – $330.87
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $57.14 – $61.71
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $264.70 $57.14 – $330.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $355.75 $73.23 – $533.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $368.05 $57.14 – $460.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $355.75 $61.14 – $533.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $355.75 $57.14 – $533.63

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →