Barrier film 1.0ml wipe at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$25.00
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.
$25.00
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.
$0.29 with BCBS vs $25.00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $0.29 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $0.29 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $0.33 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $0.34 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $0.34 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | Tricare | $0.34 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | MGMCR | $0.35 | ↓ -99% |
| Care N Care | MGMCR | $0.35 | ↓ -99% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $0.35 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | MCR | $0.35 | ↓ -99% |
| Mutual of Omaha | MGMCR | $0.35 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $0.35 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MGMCR | $0.35 | ↓ -99% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $0.35 | ↓ -99% |
| TriWest Veterans | FEDERAL | $0.35 | ↓ -99% |
| Devoted Health | POS | $0.35 | ↓ -99% |
| Devoted Health | MCR | $0.35 | ↓ -99% |
| Devoted Health | MME | $0.35 | ↓ -99% |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $0.35 | ↓ -99% |
| Devoted Health | SNP | $0.35 | ↓ -99% |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $0.35 | ↓ -99% |
| WellCare | MGMCR | $0.36 | ↓ -99% |
| Integranet | MGMCR | $0.36 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCR | $0.36 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRHMO | $0.37 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPPO | $0.37 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRDualEligible | $0.37 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPFFS | $0.37 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPOS | $0.37 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRSNP | $0.37 | ↓ -99% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MCR | $0.37 | ↓ -99% |
| American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. | MGMCR | $0.37 | ↓ -99% |
| ProCare Advantge | MCR | $0.37 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Independent Health Plan | MGMCR | $0.37 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | MCR | $0.38 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $0.38 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | MME | $0.38 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | MMP | $0.38 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $0.38 | ↓ -98% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $0.39 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $0.40 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | PPO | $0.41 | ↓ -98% |
| Verda Health Plan | MGMCR | $0.45 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $0.63 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior | EPO | $0.78 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior | HMO | $0.78 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $0.92 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $1.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $1.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $1.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $1.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $1.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | COMM | $1.93 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | IFP | $3.38 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $3.50 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $5.67 | ↓ -77% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $6.60 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $6.60 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | HMO | $7.38 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $7.38 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $7.38 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $8.45 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $9.32 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $11.10 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | ASA | $13.18 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $18.18 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $18.75 | ↓ -25% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $25.00 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $25.00 | ↑ +0% |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $106.54 | $0.92 – $159.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $106.54 | $0.92 – $133.17 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $106.54 | $1.13 – $159.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $106.54 | $55.04 – $159.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $106.54 | $0.92 – $159.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $106.54 | $0.92 – $150.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $106.54 | $0.92 – $159.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $106.54 | $0.92 – $159.80 |