Sinus CT scan (with contrast) at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$5,828.25
Cash price 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.
$5,828.25
Gross charge 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.
$156.38 with United vs $5,707.12 with Independent Medical Systems — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | CHIP | $156.38 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $156.38 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARPerinate | $156.38 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARPLUS | $156.38 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARKids | $156.38 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STAR | $156.38 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $156.38 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $164.20 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $168.89 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $168.89 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $172.02 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $172.02 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $172.02 | ↓ -97% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $172.02 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | CHIP | $172.02 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $195.47 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $229.60 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $229.60 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $236.89 | ↓ -96% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $341.20 | ↓ -94% |
| United | SmallGroup | $341.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Imaging Providers of Texas | HMOBlue | $350.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $399.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $399.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $399.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $399.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $399.50 | ↓ -93% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $401.74 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | COMM | $447.02 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $584.00 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $708.84 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $708.84 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $743.46 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $770.46 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | PPO | $778.08 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $799.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $800.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | COMM | $856.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $856.00 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $993.04 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,006.00 | ↓ -83% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $1,712.14 | ↓ -71% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $1,712.14 | ↓ -71% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,929.01 | ↓ -67% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $2,282.85 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,533.96 | ↓ -57% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $2,568.20 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $2,568.20 | ↓ -56% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $2,853.56 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | ASA | $3,007.65 | ↓ -48% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $3,138.92 | ↓ -46% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $3,138.92 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $3,138.92 | ↓ -46% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $3,138.92 | ↓ -46% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $3,310.13 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $3,452.81 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $3,452.81 | ↓ -41% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $3,709.63 | ↓ -36% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $3,994.98 | ↓ -31% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $3,994.98 | ↓ -31% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $4,280.34 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $4,280.34 | ↓ -27% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $4,565.70 | ↓ -22% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $4,565.70 | ↓ -22% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $4,851.05 | ↓ -17% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $5,707.12 | ↓ -2% |
| Unicare | MCD | $5,707.12 | ↓ -2% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $5,707.12 | ↓ -2% |
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Sinus CT scan (with contrast) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,004.41 | $156.38 – $2,505.51 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $2,004.41 | $156.38 – $2,505.51 |
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | $1,767.90 | $156.38 – $168.89 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $3,250.16 | $849.15 – $849.15 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,004.41 | $156.38 – $2,505.51 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,930.24 | $236.02 – $2,895.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,561.70 | $156.38 – $3,202.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,930.24 | $167.33 – $2,895.35 |