Ultrasound hips infant dynamic 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

$1,886.04

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.

$1,886.04

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.

$83.86 with United vs $1,886.04 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.

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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
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $83.86 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $83.86 ↓ -96%
United STARPerinate $86.58 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup MGMCD $86.58 ↓ -95%
Amerigroup CHIP $86.58 ↓ -95%
United CHIP $86.58 ↓ -95%
United STAR $86.58 ↓ -95%
United STARKids $86.58 ↓ -95%
United STARPLUS $86.58 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $90.91 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health CHIP $93.51 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MCD $93.51 ↓ -95%
BCBS BluePremier $94.97 ↓ -95%
Molina STARKIDS $95.24 ↓ -95%
Molina CHIP $95.24 ↓ -95%
Molina STAR+PLUS $95.24 ↓ -95%
Molina MCDSTAR $95.24 ↓ -95%
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $95.24 ↓ -95%
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $104.55 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.55 ↓ -94%
Humana MGMCD $108.22 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCDSTAR $132.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARHealth $132.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $132.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $132.02 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $132.02 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPHIX $134.17 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -90%
Aetna NewBusiness $183.96 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMM $197.06 ↓ -90%
Aetna Meritain $197.06 ↓ -90%
Aetna OON $231.13 ↓ -88%
Cigna IFP $254.62 ↓ -86%
Cigna QHP $264.05 ↓ -86%
BCBS BlueEssentials $310.46 ↓ -84%
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $310.46 ↓ -84%
BCBS EPOSOA $325.62 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $328.17 ↓ -83%
BCBS PPO $340.79 ↓ -82%
Cigna LocalPlus $411.58 ↓ -78%
Cigna NewBusiness $411.97 ↓ -78%
Humana COMM $435.64 ↓ -77%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $459.94 ↓ -76%
Cigna NetworkBenefit $459.94 ↓ -76%
Cigna HMO $459.94 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $462.08 ↓ -75%
Evry Health COMM $486.60 ↓ -74%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCD $565.81 ↓ -70%
LifeCare Hospitals MGMCR $565.81 ↓ -70%
Cigna AllOther $581.74 ↓ -69%
Healthcare Highways CityofPlano $637.48 ↓ -66%
Curative Administrators COMM $754.42 ↓ -60%
Prominence Health Plan HIX $754.42 ↓ -60%
BCBS Traditional $837.40 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare MGMCR $848.72 ↓ -55%
City of McKinney COMM $848.72 ↓ -55%
National ChoiceCare WCOMP $943.02 ↓ -50%
Aetna ASA $993.94 ↓ -47%
Rockport Health Group WORKERSCOMP $1,037.32 ↓ -45%
Aetna WCOMP $1,037.32 ↓ -45%
PC Texas Partners WCOMP $1,037.32 ↓ -45%
Physicians Coop of TX MGMCR $1,037.32 ↓ -45%
Averde Health, Inc PPO $1,093.90 ↓ -42%
Aetna Coventry First Health NONEXCLUSIVE $1,141.05 ↓ -40%
Aetna Coventry First Health EXCLUSIVE $1,141.05 ↓ -40%
Texas Healthcare Foundation WC WORKERSCOMP $1,225.93 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCS PrimaryNetwork $1,320.23 ↓ -30%
Coastal Comp Health Networks WCOMP $1,320.23 ↓ -30%
Mega Life MGMCRPPO $1,320.23 ↓ -30%
LEWISVILLE ISD/DLS CONSULTING COMMPPO $1,414.53 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,414.53 ↓ -25%
USC Health Services COMM $1,508.83 ↓ -20%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,508.83 ↓ -20%
Galaxy Health Network PPO $1,603.13 ↓ -15%
Unicare MCD $1,886.04 ↑ +0%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,886.04 ↑ +0%
Independent Medical Systems COMM $1,886.04 ↑ +0%

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Ultrasound hips infant dynamic at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $403.88 $83.05 – $504.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $403.88 $83.05 – $504.86
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco $484.95 $86.58 – $93.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $403.88 $83.05 – $504.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $474.87 $97.74 – $712.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $462.36 $83.05 – $577.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $474.87 $83.05 – $712.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $474.87 $86.58 – $712.30

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