Ultrasound guide tissue ablation at MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL
5500 Frisco Square Blvd, Frisco, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1699726406
$1,346.34
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.
$1,346.34
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.
$94.24 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,346.34 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 | STARKids | $94.24 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $94.24 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $94.24 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $94.24 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $94.24 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $99.07 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $125.65 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $135.84 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $138.32 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $138.32 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $145.51 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | COMM | $145.51 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | OON | $170.67 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $181.76 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $188.49 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $234.26 | ↓ -83% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $255.80 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | COMM | $326.26 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $329.85 | ↓ -76% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $347.36 | ↓ -74% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCD | $403.90 | ↓ -70% |
| LifeCare Hospitals | MGMCR | $403.90 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $410.75 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $410.75 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $430.81 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | PPO | $450.87 | ↓ -67% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $455.06 | ↓ -66% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $538.54 | ↓ -60% |
| Prominence Health Plan | HIX | $538.54 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $597.77 | ↓ -56% |
| Fidelis SecureCare | MGMCR | $605.85 | ↓ -55% |
| City of McKinney | COMM | $605.85 | ↓ -55% |
| National ChoiceCare | WCOMP | $673.17 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASA | $709.52 | ↓ -47% |
| PC Texas Partners | WCOMP | $740.49 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Health Group | WORKERSCOMP | $740.49 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | WCOMP | $740.49 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Coop of TX | MGMCR | $740.49 | ↓ -45% |
| Averde Health, Inc | PPO | $780.88 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | EXCLUSIVE | $814.54 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | NONEXCLUSIVE | $814.54 | ↓ -39% |
| Texas Healthcare Foundation WC | WORKERSCOMP | $875.12 | ↓ -35% |
| Coastal Comp Health Networks | WCOMP | $942.44 | ↓ -30% |
| Mega Life | MGMCRPPO | $942.44 | ↓ -30% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $942.44 | ↓ -30% |
| LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING | COMMPPO | $1,009.75 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,009.75 | ↓ -25% |
| USC Health Services | COMM | $1,077.07 | ↓ -20% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $1,077.07 | ↓ -20% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $1,144.39 | ↓ -15% |
| Unicare | MCD | $1,346.34 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,346.34 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,346.34 | ↑ +0% |
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Ultrasound guide tissue ablation at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $422.75 | $112.73 – $598.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $422.75 | $197.28 – $598.89 |
| Texas Health Hospital Frisco | Frisco | $2,068.50 | $163.14 – $163.14 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $422.75 | $119.78 – $598.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $474.95 | $97.76 – $712.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $400.79 | $80.16 – $500.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $474.95 | $152.46 – $712.43 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $474.95 | $245.39 – $712.43 |