Pelvic MRI (with contrast) 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

$9,301.67

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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$9,301.67

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.

$276.66 with United vs $9,301.67 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.

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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
United STARKids $276.66 ↓ -97%
United CHIP $276.66 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup CHIP $276.66 ↓ -97%
United STAR $276.66 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $276.66 ↓ -97%
United STARPerinate $276.66 ↓ -97%
United STARPLUS $276.66 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $290.49 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $298.79 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MCD $298.79 ↓ -97%
Molina CHIP $304.33 ↓ -97%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $304.33 ↓ -97%
Molina STAR+PLUS $304.33 ↓ -97%
Molina STARKIDS $304.33 ↓ -97%
Molina MCDSTAR $304.33 ↓ -97%
Humana MGMCD $345.83 ↓ -96%
Imaging Providers of Texas HMOBlue $450.00 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $481.13 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $481.13 ↓ -95%
BCBS BluePremier $496.41 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $616.10 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $616.10 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $651.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $651.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $651.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $651.12 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $651.12 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $761.00 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27 ↓ -91%
Aetna NewBusiness $1,045.00 ↓ -89%
Humana COMM $1,050.70 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMM $1,117.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna Meritain $1,117.00 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $1,255.73 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $1,302.23 ↓ -86%
Aetna OON $1,314.00 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $1,485.40 ↓ -84%
BCBS BlueEssentials $1,485.40 ↓ -84%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,557.95 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,618.49 ↓ -83%
BCBS PPO $1,630.50 ↓ -82%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $2,790.50 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $2,790.50 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $3,143.96 ↓ -66%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $3,720.67 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $4,129.94 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $4,185.75 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $4,185.75 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $4,650.84 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $4,901.98 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $5,115.92 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $5,115.92 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $5,115.92 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $5,115.92 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $5,394.97 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $5,627.51 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $5,627.51 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $6,046.09 ↓ -35%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $6,511.17 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $6,511.17 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $6,976.25 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $6,976.25 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $7,441.34 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $7,441.34 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $7,906.42 ↓ -15%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $9,301.67 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $9,301.67 ↑ +0%
Unicare MCD $9,301.67 ↑ +0%

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Pelvic MRI (with contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,745.15 $276.66 – $2,181.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $1,745.15 $276.66 – $2,181.43
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $2,997.75 $276.66 – $298.79
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,745.15 $276.66 – $2,181.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,989.01 $409.40 – $2,983.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,087.21 $276.66 – $2,609.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,989.01 $296.03 – $2,983.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,989.01 $276.66 – $2,983.51

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