Ultrasound guide intraoperative at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$2,227.37
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.
$2,227.37
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.
$77.62 with BCBS vs $2,227.37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | BluePremier | $77.62 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $85.45 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $85.45 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $96.26 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $131.98 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | COMM | $141.38 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $141.38 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $155.92 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $155.92 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $155.92 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $155.92 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $155.92 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | OON | $165.82 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $253.74 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $253.74 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $266.14 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | PPO | $278.53 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $300.69 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $311.83 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $387.56 | ↓ -83% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $423.20 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | COMM | $484.73 | ↓ -78% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $545.71 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $574.66 | ↓ -74% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $668.21 | ↓ -70% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $668.21 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $752.85 | ↓ -66% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $890.95 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $890.95 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $988.95 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $1,002.32 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $1,002.32 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $1,113.68 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,173.82 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $1,225.05 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $1,225.05 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $1,225.05 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $1,225.05 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $1,291.87 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $1,347.56 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $1,347.56 | ↓ -39% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $1,447.79 | ↓ -35% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $1,559.16 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $1,559.16 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $1,559.16 | ↓ -30% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $1,670.53 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,670.53 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $1,781.90 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $1,781.90 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,893.26 | ↓ -15% |
| Unicare | MCD | $2,227.37 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,227.37 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $2,227.37 | ↑ +0% |
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Ultrasound guide intraoperative at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $632.90 | $149.38 – $896.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $632.90 | $130.46 – $896.61 |
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | $632.85 | $100.78 – $100.78 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $632.90 | $130.46 – $896.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $656.12 | $135.05 – $984.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $488.56 | $97.71 – $610.70 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $656.12 | $210.61 – $984.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $656.12 | $338.99 – $984.18 |