Thyroid uptake measurement 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

$708.16

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.

$708.16

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.

$49.57 with Superior Health Plan vs $848.52 with United — 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
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $49.57 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $49.57 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $49.57 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $49.57 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $49.57 ↓ -93%
United STARKids $81.20 ↓ -89%
United STAR $81.20 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup MGMCD $81.20 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup CHIP $81.20 ↓ -89%
United STARPerinate $81.20 ↓ -89%
United STARPLUS $81.20 ↓ -89%
United CHIP $81.20 ↓ -89%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $85.26 ↓ -88%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $87.70 ↓ -88%
Aetna Better Health MCD $87.70 ↓ -88%
BCBS BluePremier $88.77 ↓ -87%
Molina CHIP $89.32 ↓ -87%
Molina STAR+PLUS $89.32 ↓ -87%
Molina STARKIDS $89.32 ↓ -87%
Molina MCDSTAR $89.32 ↓ -87%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $89.32 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $95.60 ↓ -87%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $97.73 ↓ -86%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $97.73 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $99.14 ↓ -86%
Humana MGMCD $101.50 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPHIX $118.99 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $123.22 ↓ -83%
Aetna NewBusiness $163.14 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $173.50 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMM $174.76 ↓ -75%
Aetna Meritain $174.76 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $182.71 ↓ -74%
Aetna OON $204.98 ↓ -71%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $212.45 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $212.45 ↓ -70%
Humana COMM $219.46 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $239.36 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $283.26 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $283.26 ↓ -60%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $290.19 ↓ -59%
BCBS BlueEssentials $290.19 ↓ -59%
BCBS EPOSOA $304.37 ↓ -57%
BCBS Traditional $314.42 ↓ -56%
BCBS PPO $318.54 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $318.67 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $318.67 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $354.08 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $373.20 ↓ -47%
Aetna WCOMP $389.49 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $389.49 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $389.49 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $389.49 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $410.73 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $428.44 ↓ -39%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $428.44 ↓ -39%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $460.30 ↓ -35%
United SmallGroup $471.74 ↓ -33%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $471.74 ↓ -33%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $495.71 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $495.71 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $495.71 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $531.12 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $531.12 ↓ -25%
USA Managed Care COMM $566.53 ↓ -20%
USC Health Services COMM $566.53 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $601.94 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $708.16 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $708.16 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $708.16 ↑ +0%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↑ +20%

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Thyroid uptake measurement at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $680.77 $81.20 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $680.77 $81.20 – $863.42
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $382.95 $81.20 – $87.70
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $680.77 $81.20 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $526.55 $108.38 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $589.22 $81.20 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $526.55 $86.88 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $526.55 $81.20 – $1,021.72

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