Pregnancy Ultrasound (limited) at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL

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

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 23, 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.

$81.20 with Amerigroup vs $1,162.56 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
Amerigroup MGMCD $81.20 —
United CHIP $81.20 —
United STARPerinate $81.20 —
United STARKids $81.20 —
Amerigroup CHIP $81.20 —
United STAR $81.20 —
United STARPLUS $81.20 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $81.38 —
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $81.38 —
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $81.38 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $81.38 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $81.38 —
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $85.26 —
Aetna Better Health MCD $87.70 —
Aetna Better Health CHIP $87.70 —
Molina MCDSTAR $89.32 —
Molina CHIP $89.32 —
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $89.32 —
Molina STARKIDS $89.32 —
Molina STAR+PLUS $89.32 —
Humana MGMCD $101.50 —
Aetna NewBusiness $117.43 —
Aetna Meritain $125.43 —
Aetna COMM $125.43 —
Aetna OON $148.45 —
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $153.55 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $153.55 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $154.52 —
United SmallGroup $154.52 —
Cigna IFP $156.95 —
Cigna QHP $162.76 —
United OptionsPPO $196.47 —
Cigna LocalPlus $203.79 —
Cigna NewBusiness $203.98 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $227.73 —
Cigna NetworkBenefit $227.73 —
Cigna HMO $227.73 —
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $284.83 —
Cigna AllOther $288.04 —
Evry Health COMM $299.94 —
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $348.77 —
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $348.77 —
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $392.95 —
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $457.29 —
BCBS BlueEssentials $457.29 —
Curative Administrators COMM $465.02 —
Prominence Health Plan HIX $465.02 —
BCBS EPOSOA $479.70 —
BCBS Traditional $481.30 —
BCBS PPO $502.12 —
United GlobalBenefitPlan $523.15 —
City of McKinney COMM $523.15 —
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $523.15 —
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $581.28 —
Aetna ASA $587.09 —
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $639.41 —
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $639.41 —
Aetna WCOMP $639.41 —
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $639.41 —
Averde Health, Inc PPO $674.28 —
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $683.59 —
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $683.59 —
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $755.66 —
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $813.79 —
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $813.79 —
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $871.92 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $871.92 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $871.92 —
USA Managed Care COMM $930.05 —
USC Health Services COMM $930.05 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $988.18 —
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,162.56 —
Unicare MCD $1,162.56 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,162.56 —

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Pregnancy Ultrasound (limited) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $459.00 $81.20 – $573.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $459.00 $81.20 – $573.75
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $381.75 $81.20 – $87.70
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $915.27 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $459.00 $81.20 – $573.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $459.00 $94.48 – $688.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $459.00 $81.20 – $573.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $459.00 $86.88 – $688.50

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