Budesonide non-comp unit at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$140.31
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.
$140.31
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.
$1.15 with Humana vs $140.31 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 |
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| Humana | Tricare | $1.15 | ↓ -99% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $1.19 | ↓ -99% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1.73 | ↓ -99% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1.73 | ↓ -99% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1.73 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $7.75 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $7.75 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $8.65 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | HMO | $8.65 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $8.65 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $9.82 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $9.82 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $9.82 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $9.82 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $9.82 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $10.95 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | COMM | $16.17 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | IFP | $18.94 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $18.94 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $19.46 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $19.46 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $19.64 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $27.92 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $28.48 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $28.48 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $29.89 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | COMM | $29.89 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $29.89 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | PPO | $31.30 | ↓ -78% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $31.85 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | OON | $35.22 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $38.80 | ↓ -72% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $47.42 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $62.30 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | ASA | $73.94 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $102.01 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $105.23 | ↓ -25% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $140.31 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $140.31 | ↑ +0% |
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Budesonide non-comp unit at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $73.03 | $3.84 – $22.52 |
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | $67.60 | $1.19 – $22.01 |
| Covenant Medical Center | Lubbock | $73.03 | $3.84 – $29.28 |
| Covenant Hospital Plainview | Plainview | $84.45 | $20.92 – $20.92 |
| Covenant Hospital Levelland | Levelland | $38.63 | $20.92 – $20.92 |
| Covenant Specialty Hospital | Lubbock | $73.03 | not published |
| MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL | Argyle | $109.79 | $1.15 – $19.46 |
| MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL | DALLAS | $31.36 | $1.19 – $16.17 |