Pelvic Ultrasound (limited) 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.

$40.88 with Aetna vs $1,324.46 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 $40.88
United STARPLUS $50.79
United STAR $50.79
United STARKids $50.79
Amerigroup MGMCD $50.79
Amerigroup CHIP $50.79
United STARPerinate $50.79
United CHIP $50.79
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $53.33
Aetna Better Health MCD $54.85
Aetna Better Health CHIP $54.85
Molina MCDSTAR $55.87
Molina CHIP $55.87
Molina STARKIDS $55.87
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $55.87
Molina STAR+PLUS $55.87
Aetna NewBusiness $56.05
Aetna Meritain $60.05
Aetna COMM $60.05
Humana MGMCD $63.49
Aetna OON $70.43
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $92.71
Superior Health Plan CHIP $92.71
Superior Health Plan STARKids $92.71
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $92.71
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $92.71
Humana COMM $95.20
Cigna LocalPlus $101.75
Cigna NewBusiness $101.85
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $113.70
Cigna NetworkBenefit $113.70
Cigna HMO $113.70
BCBS BluePremier $133.38
Cigna AllOther $143.81
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $146.82
BCBS MyBlueHealth $146.82
United SmallGroup $154.52
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52
Cigna IFP $178.80
Cigna QHP $185.42
United OptionsPPO $230.46
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $324.49
Evry Health COMM $341.71
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $397.34
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $397.34
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $435.99
BCBS BlueEssentials $435.99
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $447.67
BCBS EPOSOA $457.29
BCBS PPO $478.58
Curative Administrators COMM $529.78
Prominence Health Plan HIX $529.78
BCBS Traditional $588.06
City of McKinney COMM $596.01
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $596.01
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $662.23
Aetna ASA $697.99
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $728.45
Aetna WCOMP $728.45
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $728.45
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $728.45
Averde Health, Inc PPO $768.19
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $801.30
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $801.30
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $860.90
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $927.12
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $927.12
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $927.12
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $993.35
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $993.35
USC Health Services COMM $1,059.57
USA Managed Care COMM $1,059.57
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,125.79
Unicare MCD $1,324.46
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,324.46
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,324.46

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Pelvic Ultrasound (limited) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $560.25 $50.79 – $700.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $560.25 $50.79 – $700.31
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $383.10 $50.79 – $54.85
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,066.46 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $560.25 $50.79 – $700.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $483.26 $99.47 – $724.89
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $483.26 $50.79 – $604.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $483.26 $54.35 – $724.89

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