Biovance 1 square cm at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$2,417.00
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.
$2,417.00
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.
$129.65 with Humana vs $2,417.00 with Independent Medical Systems — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humana | Tricare | $129.65 | ↓ -95% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $133.66 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $169.19 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $169.19 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $169.19 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $169.19 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $169.19 | ↓ -93% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $209.78 | ↓ -91% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $209.78 | ↓ -91% |
| United | SmallGroup | $209.78 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | IFP | $326.30 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $326.30 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $338.38 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $480.98 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $514.82 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | COMM | $514.82 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $548.66 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $597.00 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $597.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | OON | $606.67 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $705.76 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $771.02 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $771.02 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $809.70 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $816.95 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | PPO | $845.95 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $864.45 | ↓ -64% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $865.30 | ↓ -64% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $965.73 | ↓ -60% |
| Cigna | HMO | $965.73 | ↓ -60% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $965.73 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,073.15 | ↓ -56% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $1,221.74 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,273.76 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $1,757.16 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,812.75 | ↓ -25% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,417.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $2,417.00 | ↑ +0% |
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Biovance 1 square cm at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $7,928.07 | $500.00 – $564.15 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $1,280.12 | $133.66 – $345.72 |
| Covenant Medical Center | Lubbock | $7,928.07 | $125.01 – $500.00 |
| Covenant Hospital Plainview | Plainview | $7,928.07 | not published |
| Covenant Hospital Levelland | Levelland | $7,928.07 | not published |
| Covenant Specialty Hospital | Lubbock | $7,928.07 | not published |
| MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL | Argyle | $32,621.00 | $129.65 – $864.45 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $133.66 – $345.72 |