Brain image w/flow < 4 views at Texas Health Hospital Frisco

12400 Dallas Parkway, Frisco, TX · Texashealth · · NPI 1104381292

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 21, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$479.10

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.

$798.50

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.

$202.81 with Parkland vs $1,572.88 with Blue Cross Blue Shield — 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
Parkland Managed Medicaid $202.81 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $202.81 ↓ -58%
Amerigroup Managed Medicaid $202.81 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Managed Medicaid $202.81 ↓ -58%
Superior Wellcare Managed Medicaid $212.95 ↓ -56%
Molina Managed Medicaid $219.03 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Exchange $307.92 ↓ -36%
Aetna Whole Health $327.86 ↓ -32%
Fort Worth Firefighters Commercial $350.78 ↓ -27%
City of Fort Worth Commercial $375.30 ↓ -22%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage $401.59 ↓ -16%
American Health Medicare Advantage $401.59 ↓ -16%
HealthSpring Medicare Advantage $409.62 ↓ -15%
Humana Medicare Advantage $417.66 ↓ -13%
Molina Medicare Advantage $421.67 ↓ -12%
Amerigroup Medicare Advantage $421.67 ↓ -12%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage HMO $421.67 ↓ -12%
Aetna Commercial $437.18 ↓ -9%
Cigna OAP/HMO $441.41 ↓ -8%
Superior Wellcare Medicare Advantage MMP $441.75 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage PPO $445.77 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage HMO $453.80 ↓ -5%
Quick Trip Commercial $479.10 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO $523.56 ↑ +9%
PHCS PPO $554.96 ↑ +16%
Cigna PPO $556.55 ↑ +16%
Aetna ASA $559.75 ↑ +17%
Aetna Coventry $559.75 ↑ +17%
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO $581.76 ↑ +21%
Healthsmart Commercial $598.88 ↑ +25%
Multiplan Commercial $694.70 ↑ +45%
USA MCO $702.68 ↑ +47%
Galaxy Commercial $702.68 ↑ +47%
Cigna Indemnity $751.39 ↑ +57%
United Healthcare Options PPO $1,004.00 ↑ +110%
United Healthcare All Payer $1,008.00 ↑ +110%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Traditional $1,572.88 ↑ +228%

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Brain image w/flow < 4 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,063.48 $196.80 – $1,329.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco $1,063.48 $196.80 – $1,329.35
MEDICAL CITY FRISCO HOSPITAL Frisco $4,810.55 $202.81 – $303.82
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,063.48 $196.80 – $1,329.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,694.19 $541.75 – $4,041.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,905.29 $196.80 – $2,381.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,694.19 $210.58 – $4,041.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,694.19 $196.80 – $4,041.28

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