Ultrasound chest at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$2,058.16
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.
$2,058.16
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.
$51.58 with Aetna vs $2,017.32 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $51.58 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARKids | $57.14 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $57.14 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $57.14 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARPerinate | $57.14 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARPLUS | $57.14 | ↓ -97% |
| United | CHIP | $57.14 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STAR | $57.14 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $60.00 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $61.71 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $61.71 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $62.85 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $62.85 | ↓ -97% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $62.85 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | CHIP | $62.85 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $62.85 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $70.73 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $71.42 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | COMM | $75.76 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $75.76 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | OON | $88.86 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $117.84 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $117.96 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $131.69 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $131.69 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | HMO | $131.69 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $133.38 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $141.21 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $141.21 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $141.21 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $141.21 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $141.21 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $146.82 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $146.82 | ↓ -93% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $154.52 | ↓ -92% |
| United | SmallGroup | $154.52 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $166.56 | ↓ -92% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | ↓ -88% |
| Humana | COMM | $251.86 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | IFP | $272.34 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $282.42 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $351.01 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $435.99 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $435.99 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $457.29 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | PPO | $478.58 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $494.24 | ↓ -76% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $520.47 | ↓ -75% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $605.20 | ↓ -71% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $605.20 | ↓ -71% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $681.85 | ↓ -67% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $806.93 | ↓ -61% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $806.93 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $895.69 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $907.79 | ↓ -56% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $907.79 | ↓ -56% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,008.66 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,063.13 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,109.53 | ↓ -46% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,109.53 | ↓ -46% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,109.53 | ↓ -46% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,109.53 | ↓ -46% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,170.05 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $1,220.48 | ↓ -41% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $1,220.48 | ↓ -41% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $1,311.26 | ↓ -36% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $1,412.12 | ↓ -31% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $1,412.12 | ↓ -31% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $1,412.12 | ↓ -31% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $1,512.99 | ↓ -26% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,512.99 | ↓ -26% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $1,613.86 | ↓ -22% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $1,613.86 | ↓ -22% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,714.72 | ↓ -17% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $2,017.32 | ↓ -2% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,017.32 | ↓ -2% |
| Unicare | MCD | $2,017.32 | ↓ -2% |
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Ultrasound chest at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $567.07 | $57.14 – $708.83 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $567.07 | $57.14 – $708.83 |
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | $484.95 | $57.14 – $61.71 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $956.71 | $431.51 – $431.51 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $567.07 | $57.14 – $708.83 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $444.12 | $91.41 – $666.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $444.12 | $57.14 – $555.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $444.12 | $61.14 – $666.18 |