Ultrasound elastography ea l target les 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

$519.28

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.

$519.28

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.

$36.35 with Superior Health Plan vs $519.28 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.

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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 $36.35 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $36.35 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $36.35 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $36.35 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $36.35 ↓ -93%
BCBS BluePremier $40.75 ↓ -92%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $44.85 ↓ -91%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $44.85 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup MGMCD $61.81 ↓ -88%
United CHIP $61.81 ↓ -88%
United STARKids $61.81 ↓ -88%
United STAR $61.81 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup CHIP $61.81 ↓ -88%
United STARPerinate $61.81 ↓ -88%
United STARPLUS $61.81 ↓ -88%
Aetna QHPHIX $62.28 ↓ -88%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $64.90 ↓ -88%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $66.75 ↓ -87%
Aetna Better Health MCD $66.75 ↓ -87%
Molina CHIP $67.99 ↓ -87%
Molina STAR+PLUS $67.99 ↓ -87%
Molina STARKIDS $67.99 ↓ -87%
Molina MCDSTAR $67.99 ↓ -87%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $67.99 ↓ -87%
Cigna IFP $68.79 ↓ -87%
Cigna QHP $71.34 ↓ -86%
Humana MGMCD $77.26 ↓ -85%
Aetna NewBusiness $85.40 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $88.67 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMM $91.48 ↓ -82%
Aetna Meritain $91.48 ↓ -82%
Imperial Insurance Company MCR $96.82 ↓ -81%
Aetna OON $107.30 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $124.85 ↓ -76%
Evry Health COMM $131.47 ↓ -75%
BCBS BlueEssentials $133.19 ↓ -74%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $133.19 ↓ -74%
BCBS EPOSOA $139.70 ↓ -73%
BCBS PPO $146.20 ↓ -72%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $155.78 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $155.78 ↓ -70%
Humana COMM $157.92 ↓ -70%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $172.24 ↓ -67%
Curative Administrators COMM $203.83 ↓ -61%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $203.83 ↓ -61%
BCBS Traditional $230.56 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $233.68 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $233.68 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $259.64 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $268.55 ↓ -48%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $285.60 ↓ -45%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $285.60 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $285.60 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $285.60 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $301.18 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $308.30 ↓ -41%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $308.30 ↓ -41%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $337.53 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $356.71 ↓ -31%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $363.50 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $363.50 ↓ -30%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $389.46 ↓ -25%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $389.46 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $415.42 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $415.42 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $441.39 ↓ -15%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $509.58 ↓ -2%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $509.58 ↓ -2%
Unicare MCD $519.28 ↑ +0%

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Ultrasound elastography ea l target les at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $61.81 – $66.75
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $54.25 $17.05 – $155.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $54.25 $15.50 – $155.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $54.25 $12.40 – $155.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $54.25 $12.40 – $155.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $54.25 $12.40 – $155.00
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano Plano $545.55 $52.90 – $66.75
Texas Health Hospital Rockwall Rockwall $545.55 $61.81 – $66.75

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