Assay of urine sulfate at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$342.95
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.
$342.95
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.
$3.29 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $342.95 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 | $3.29 | ↓ -99% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $3.29 | ↓ -99% |
| United | STAR | $4.61 | ↓ -99% |
| United | STARKids | $4.61 | ↓ -99% |
| United | STARPLUS | $4.61 | ↓ -99% |
| United | STARPerinate | $4.61 | ↓ -99% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $4.61 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $4.61 | ↓ -99% |
| United | CHIP | $4.61 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $4.61 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $4.84 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $4.98 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $4.98 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $5.07 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | CHIP | $5.07 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $5.07 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $5.07 | ↓ -99% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $5.46 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $5.49 | ↓ -98% |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $5.49 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MGMCR | $5.49 | ↓ -98% |
| Mutual of Omaha | MGMCR | $5.49 | ↓ -98% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $5.49 | ↓ -98% |
| Devoted Health | SNP | $5.49 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $5.49 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $5.49 | ↓ -98% |
| TriWest Veterans | FEDERAL | $5.49 | ↓ -98% |
| Devoted Health | MME | $5.49 | ↓ -98% |
| United | SmallGroup | $5.49 | ↓ -98% |
| Devoted Health | MCR | $5.49 | ↓ -98% |
| Devoted Health | POS | $5.49 | ↓ -98% |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $5.49 | ↓ -98% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $5.49 | ↓ -98% |
| United | MGMCR | $5.52 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | MCR | $5.54 | ↓ -98% |
| Care N Care | MGMCR | $5.54 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCR | $5.60 | ↓ -98% |
| WellCare | MGMCR | $5.65 | ↓ -98% |
| Integranet | MGMCR | $5.65 | ↓ -98% |
| American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. | MGMCR | $5.76 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPFFS | $5.76 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRDualEligible | $5.76 | ↓ -98% |
| ProCare Advantge | MCR | $5.76 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPPO | $5.76 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRHMO | $5.76 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $5.76 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRSNP | $5.76 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPOS | $5.76 | ↓ -98% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MCR | $5.82 | ↓ -98% |
| Texas Independent Health Plan | MGMCR | $5.82 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | Tricare | $5.92 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | MCR | $5.98 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | MMP | $5.98 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | MME | $5.98 | ↓ -98% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $6.04 | ↓ -98% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $6.10 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $6.97 | ↓ -98% |
| Verda Health Plan | MGMCR | $7.14 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $9.61 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $9.61 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $9.61 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $9.83 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $10.23 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | COMM | $10.23 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | OON | $12.04 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior | HMO | $12.30 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior | EPO | $12.30 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $12.52 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $13.56 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $13.56 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $14.22 | ↓ -96% |
| Oscar | HIX | $14.27 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $14.38 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | PPO | $14.88 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $20.66 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $20.68 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $23.07 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | HMO | $23.07 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $23.07 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $24.01 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $24.01 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $24.01 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $24.01 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $24.01 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $29.20 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | IFP | $46.30 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $48.01 | ↓ -86% |
| Humana | COMM | $52.73 | ↓ -85% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $77.85 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $84.02 | ↓ -76% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $88.48 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $115.92 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $152.27 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | ASA | $180.73 | ↓ -47% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $240.06 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $249.32 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $257.21 | ↓ -25% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $342.95 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $342.95 | ↑ +0% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $40.73 | $4.61 – $50.91 |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $40.73 | $4.61 – $50.91 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $45.67 | $4.93 – $68.51 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $45.67 | $4.61 – $68.51 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $44.62 | $4.61 – $66.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $40.73 | $4.61 – $50.91 |