Amino acid screen, urine at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$1,087.14
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.
$1,087.14
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.
$8.32 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $1,087.14 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $8.32 | ↓ -99% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $8.32 | ↓ -99% |
| United | STAR | $11.65 | ↓ -99% |
| United | STARKids | $11.65 | ↓ -99% |
| United | STARPLUS | $11.65 | ↓ -99% |
| United | STARPerinate | $11.65 | ↓ -99% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $11.65 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $11.65 | ↓ -99% |
| United | CHIP | $11.65 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $11.65 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $12.23 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $12.58 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $12.58 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $12.82 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | CHIP | $12.82 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $12.82 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $12.82 | ↓ -99% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $13.80 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $13.87 | ↓ -99% |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $13.87 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | MGMCR | $13.87 | ↓ -99% |
| Mutual of Omaha | MGMCR | $13.87 | ↓ -99% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $13.87 | ↓ -99% |
| Devoted Health | SNP | $13.87 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $13.87 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $13.87 | ↓ -99% |
| TriWest Veterans | FEDERAL | $13.87 | ↓ -99% |
| Devoted Health | MME | $13.87 | ↓ -99% |
| United | SmallGroup | $13.87 | ↓ -99% |
| Devoted Health | MCR | $13.87 | ↓ -99% |
| Devoted Health | POS | $13.87 | ↓ -99% |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $13.87 | ↓ -99% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $13.87 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MGMCR | $13.94 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | MCR | $13.99 | ↓ -99% |
| Care N Care | MGMCR | $14.01 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCR | $14.15 | ↓ -99% |
| WellCare | MGMCR | $14.29 | ↓ -99% |
| Integranet | MGMCR | $14.29 | ↓ -99% |
| American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. | MGMCR | $14.56 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPFFS | $14.56 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRDualEligible | $14.56 | ↓ -99% |
| ProCare Advantge | MCR | $14.56 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPPO | $14.56 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRHMO | $14.56 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $14.56 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRSNP | $14.56 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPOS | $14.56 | ↓ -99% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MCR | $14.70 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Independent Health Plan | MGMCR | $14.70 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | Tricare | $14.95 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | MCR | $15.12 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | MMP | $15.12 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | MME | $15.12 | ↓ -99% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $15.26 | ↓ -99% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $15.41 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $17.64 | ↓ -98% |
| Verda Health Plan | MGMCR | $18.03 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $24.27 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $24.27 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $24.29 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $24.83 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $25.88 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | COMM | $25.88 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | OON | $30.45 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior | HMO | $31.07 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior | EPO | $31.07 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $31.62 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $34.26 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $34.26 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $35.92 | ↓ -97% |
| Oscar | HIX | $36.06 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $36.34 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | PPO | $37.59 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $52.95 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $53.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $59.14 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | HMO | $59.14 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $59.14 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $74.84 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $76.10 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $76.10 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $76.10 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $76.10 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $76.10 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $146.76 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $152.20 | ↓ -86% |
| Humana | COMM | $154.14 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $246.78 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $266.35 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $280.48 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $367.45 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $482.69 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | ASA | $572.92 | ↓ -47% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $761.00 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $790.35 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $815.36 | ↓ -25% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,087.14 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,087.14 | ↑ +0% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $159.39 | $10.00 – $199.24 |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $138.60 | $12.00 – $207.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $138.60 | $8.00 – $207.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $138.60 | $11.65 – $207.90 |
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