Brain MRI (with and without contrast) at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$12,380.49
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.
$12,380.49
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.
$328.11 with United vs $12,380.49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | CHIP | $328.11 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $328.11 | ↓ -97% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $328.11 | ↓ -97% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $328.11 | ↓ -97% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $328.11 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $328.11 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARPLUS | $328.11 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARKids | $328.11 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STAR | $328.11 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARPerinate | $328.11 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $344.52 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $354.36 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $354.36 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | CHIP | $360.92 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $360.92 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $360.92 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $360.92 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $410.14 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $481.13 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $481.13 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $530.77 | ↓ -96% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $616.10 | ↓ -95% |
| United | SmallGroup | $616.10 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $761.00 | ↓ -94% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $866.63 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $866.63 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $866.63 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $866.63 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $866.63 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1,045.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | COMM | $1,062.13 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,117.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,117.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,314.00 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,485.40 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,485.40 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,557.95 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,630.50 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,671.37 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,733.27 | ↓ -86% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,810.37 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $4,184.61 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $5,496.94 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | ASA | $6,524.52 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $9,000.62 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $9,285.37 | ↓ -25% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $12,380.49 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $12,380.49 | ↑ +0% |
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Brain MRI (with and without contrast) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $5,941.03 | $1,779.42 – $1,779.42 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,149.11 | $328.11 – $3,936.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,480.37 | $494.01 – $5,220.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $3,969.34 | $328.11 – $4,961.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,149.11 | $328.11 – $3,936.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,480.37 | $332.94 – $5,220.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,480.37 | $328.11 – $5,220.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $3,969.34 | $328.11 – $5,954.00 |