Apheresis platelets at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$2,264.08
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.
$2,264.08
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.
$158.49 with Superior Health Plan vs $4,332.00 with Aetna — 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 | STARHealth | $158.49 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $158.49 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $158.49 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $158.49 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $158.49 | ↓ -93% |
| United | CHIP | $164.30 | ↓ -93% |
| United | STARKids | $164.30 | ↓ -93% |
| United | STAR | $164.30 | ↓ -93% |
| United | STARPLUS | $164.30 | ↓ -93% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $164.30 | ↓ -93% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $164.30 | ↓ -93% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $164.30 | ↓ -93% |
| United | STARPerinate | $164.30 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $172.52 | ↓ -92% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $172.52 | ↓ -92% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $172.52 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | CHIP | $180.73 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $180.73 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $180.73 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $180.73 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $197.16 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $197.16 | ↓ -91% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $205.38 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $282.34 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | IFP | $305.65 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $316.97 | ↓ -86% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $446.13 | ↓ -80% |
| Oscar | HIX | $470.93 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $513.95 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $554.70 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $559.23 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $559.23 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $584.13 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $597.72 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $597.72 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $667.90 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $667.90 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | HMO | $667.90 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $722.24 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $722.24 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $758.47 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $765.26 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | PPO | $792.43 | ↓ -65% |
| Humana | COMM | $797.49 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $844.50 | ↓ -63% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $905.63 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,005.25 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,193.17 | ↓ -47% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,454.00 | ↓ -36% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $1,584.86 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $1,645.99 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,698.06 | ↓ -25% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,174.00 | ↓ -4% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $2,264.08 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,264.08 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $2,513.00 | ↑ +11% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $2,593.00 | ↑ +15% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $3,445.00 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | COMM | $3,682.00 | ↑ +63% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $3,682.00 | ↑ +63% |
| Aetna | OON | $4,332.00 | ↑ +91% |
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Apheresis platelets at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,692.74 | $164.30 – $3,365.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,851.13 | $175.80 – $4,276.70 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,771.94 | $164.30 – $3,464.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,692.74 | $164.30 – $3,365.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,851.13 | $175.80 – $4,276.70 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,851.13 | $164.30 – $4,276.70 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,771.94 | $164.30 – $4,157.91 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $2,692.74 | $164.30 – $3,365.93 |