Ultrasound trgt dyn mbubb ea addl 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

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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.

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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.

$143.01 with Amerigroup vs $772.53 with BCBS — 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
Amerigroup CHIP $143.01
United STARPerinate $143.01
United CHIP $143.01
United STAR $143.01
United STARKids $143.01
United STARPLUS $143.01
Amerigroup MGMCD $143.01
Cigna Healthspring MGMCD $150.16
Aetna Better Health MCD $154.45
Aetna Better Health CHIP $154.45
Parkland Community Health Plan MCD $157.31
Molina CHIP $157.31
Molina STAR+PLUS $157.31
Molina STARKIDS $157.31
Molina MCDSTAR $157.31
Humana MGMCD $178.76
BCBS BluePremier $215.29
BCBS MyBlueHealth $237.01
BCBS BlueAdvantageHMO $237.01
Aetna QHPHIX $265.73
Aetna NewBusiness $364.34
Aetna Meritain $390.29
Aetna COMM $390.29
Aetna OON $457.76
BCBS BlueEssentials $703.78
BCBS BlueEssentialsAccess $703.78
BCBS EPOSOA $738.15
BCBS PPO $772.53

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Ultrasound trgt dyn mbubb ea addl at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $294.97 $143.01 – $417.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $294.97 $143.01 – $417.88
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco not published $143.01 – $154.45
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $294.97 $143.01 – $417.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $294.97 $143.01 – $417.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $294.97 $143.01 – $417.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $294.97 $143.01 – $417.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE Rowlett $294.97 $143.01 – $417.88

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