Thyroid Ultrasound at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$1,553.48
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.
$1,553.48
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.
$104.75 with United vs $1,522.86 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 | $104.75 | ↓ -93% |
| United | STARPLUS | $104.75 | ↓ -93% |
| United | STARKids | $104.75 | ↓ -93% |
| United | STAR | $104.75 | ↓ -93% |
| United | STARPerinate | $104.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $104.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $104.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $106.60 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $106.60 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $106.60 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $106.60 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $106.60 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $109.99 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $113.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $113.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $115.23 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $115.23 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | CHIP | $115.23 | ↓ -93% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $115.23 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $115.23 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $130.94 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $133.38 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $144.00 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $146.82 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $146.82 | ↓ -91% |
| United | SmallGroup | $154.52 | ↓ -90% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $154.52 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $197.44 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $205.59 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $211.50 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | COMM | $211.50 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $213.20 | ↓ -86% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | OON | $248.06 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $264.98 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $340.73 | ↓ -78% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $341.06 | ↓ -78% |
| Humana | COMM | $358.70 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $373.10 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $380.77 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | HMO | $380.77 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $380.77 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $392.90 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $435.99 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $435.99 | ↓ -72% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $456.86 | ↓ -71% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $456.86 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $457.29 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | PPO | $478.58 | ↓ -69% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $481.60 | ↓ -69% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $514.73 | ↓ -67% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $609.14 | ↓ -61% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $609.14 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $676.15 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $685.29 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $685.29 | ↓ -56% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $761.43 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | ASA | $802.55 | ↓ -48% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $837.57 | ↓ -46% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $837.57 | ↓ -46% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $837.57 | ↓ -46% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $837.57 | ↓ -46% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $883.26 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $921.33 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $921.33 | ↓ -41% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $989.86 | ↓ -36% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $1,066.00 | ↓ -31% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $1,066.00 | ↓ -31% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $1,066.00 | ↓ -31% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $1,142.14 | ↓ -26% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,142.14 | ↓ -26% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $1,218.29 | ↓ -22% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $1,218.29 | ↓ -22% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,294.43 | ↓ -17% |
| Unicare | MCD | $1,522.86 | ↓ -2% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,522.86 | ↓ -2% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,522.86 | ↓ -2% |
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Thyroid Ultrasound at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $630.55 | $99.77 – $788.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $630.55 | $99.77 – $788.19 |
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | $601.05 | $104.75 – $113.13 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,093.37 | $431.51 – $431.51 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $630.55 | $99.77 – $788.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $630.55 | $129.79 – $945.83 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $644.89 | $99.77 – $806.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $630.55 | $99.77 – $945.83 |