Ultrasound encephalogram at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$1,382.80
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.
$1,382.80
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.
$96.80 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,382.80 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $96.80 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $96.80 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $96.80 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $96.80 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $96.80 | ↓ -93% |
| United | STARPerinate | $104.75 | ↓ -92% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $104.75 | ↓ -92% |
| United | CHIP | $104.75 | ↓ -92% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $104.75 | ↓ -92% |
| United | STAR | $104.75 | ↓ -92% |
| United | STARKids | $104.75 | ↓ -92% |
| United | STARPLUS | $104.75 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $109.99 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $113.13 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $113.13 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $115.23 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $115.23 | ↓ -92% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $115.23 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | CHIP | $115.23 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $115.23 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $130.94 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $133.38 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $144.00 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $146.82 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $146.82 | ↓ -89% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $154.52 | ↓ -89% |
| United | SmallGroup | $154.52 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | IFP | $186.68 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $193.59 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $197.44 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $211.50 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | COMM | $211.50 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $240.61 | ↓ -83% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | OON | $248.06 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $336.69 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $337.01 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $338.79 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | COMM | $345.88 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $356.76 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | HMO | $376.25 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $376.25 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $376.25 | ↓ -73% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $414.84 | ↓ -70% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $414.84 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $435.99 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $435.99 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $457.29 | ↓ -67% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $467.39 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $475.88 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | PPO | $478.58 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $553.12 | ↓ -60% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $553.12 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $613.96 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $622.26 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $622.26 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $691.40 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $728.74 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $760.54 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $760.54 | ↓ -45% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $760.54 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $760.54 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $802.02 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $836.59 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $836.59 | ↓ -40% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $898.82 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $967.96 | ↓ -30% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $967.96 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $967.96 | ↓ -30% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $1,037.10 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,037.10 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $1,106.24 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $1,106.24 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,175.38 | ↓ -15% |
| Unicare | MCD | $1,382.80 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,382.80 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,382.80 | ↑ +0% |
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Ultrasound encephalogram at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $496.36 | $99.77 – $620.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $496.36 | $99.77 – $620.45 |
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | $762.60 | $104.75 – $113.13 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $873.85 | $431.51 – $431.51 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $496.36 | $99.77 – $620.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $456.60 | $93.98 – $684.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $444.58 | $99.77 – $555.72 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $456.60 | $99.77 – $684.90 |