Pregnancy Ultrasound (first trimester) 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

$1,608.89

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.

$1,608.89

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.

$87.49 with BCBS vs $1,608.89 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
BCBS BluePremier $87.49 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $96.31 ↓ -94%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $96.31 ↓ -94%
United STARKids $104.75 ↓ -93%
United STAR $104.75 ↓ -93%
United STARPerinate $104.75 ↓ -93%
United STARPLUS $104.75 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup CHIP $104.75 ↓ -93%
United CHIP $104.75 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $109.99 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $112.62 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $112.62 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $112.62 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $112.62 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $112.62 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $113.13 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health MCD $113.13 ↓ -93%
Molina STARKIDS $115.23 ↓ -93%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $115.23 ↓ -93%
Molina CHIP $115.23 ↓ -93%
Molina STAR+PLUS $115.23 ↓ -93%
Molina MCDSTAR $115.23 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $119.78 ↓ -93%
Humana MGMCD $130.94 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 ↓ -90%
United SmallGroup $154.52 ↓ -90%
Aetna NewBusiness $164.23 ↓ -90%
Aetna Meritain $175.93 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMM $175.93 ↓ -89%
Aetna OON $206.34 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $213.14 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $221.03 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $274.71 ↓ -83%
BCBS BlueEssentials $285.99 ↓ -82%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $285.99 ↓ -82%
Cigna LocalPlus $287.02 ↓ -82%
Cigna NewBusiness $287.30 ↓ -82%
Humana COMM $298.89 ↓ -81%
BCBS EPOSOA $299.96 ↓ -81%
BCBS PPO $313.93 ↓ -80%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $320.75 ↓ -80%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $320.75 ↓ -80%
Cigna HMO $320.75 ↓ -80%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $386.81 ↓ -76%
Cigna AllOther $405.68 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $407.34 ↓ -75%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $482.67 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $482.67 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $533.64 ↓ -67%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $631.53 ↓ -61%
Curative Administrators COMM $631.53 ↓ -61%
BCBS Traditional $714.35 ↓ -56%
City of McKinney COMM $724.00 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $724.00 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $804.45 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $832.04 ↓ -48%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $884.89 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $884.89 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $884.89 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $884.89 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $933.16 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $955.19 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $955.19 ↓ -41%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $1,045.78 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,105.17 ↓ -31%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,126.22 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,126.22 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,206.67 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,206.67 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,287.11 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $1,287.11 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,367.56 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,578.82 ↓ -2%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,578.82 ↓ -2%
Unicare MCD $1,608.89 ↑ +0%

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Pregnancy Ultrasound (first trimester) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $660.98 $99.77 – $826.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $660.98 $99.77 – $826.23
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $393.00 $104.75 – $113.13
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,375.01 $283.05 – $283.05
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $660.98 $99.77 – $826.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $614.24 $126.43 – $921.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $580.03 $99.77 – $725.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $614.24 $99.77 – $921.37

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