Bundled special stain group 2 at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
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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.
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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.
$33.84 with United vs $500.94 with Humana — 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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| United | SmallGroup | $33.84 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $33.84 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $33.84 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $34.69 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $34.69 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $34.69 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $34.69 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $34.69 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $58.50 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $58.50 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $66.90 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $69.38 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $76.22 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $82.57 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $82.57 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $86.58 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $90.60 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $91.48 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $103.08 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $112.49 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $121.41 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $126.00 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $127.85 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $134.20 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $134.20 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $157.93 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $167.50 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $220.03 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $261.16 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $269.62 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $269.89 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $301.15 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $301.15 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $301.15 | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $346.89 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $360.27 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $371.67 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $381.14 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $495.56 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $495.56 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $500.94 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $306.90 | $36.00 – $265.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $306.90 | $26.00 – $265.73 |
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