Chest X-ray (single view) 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.
$25.73 with United vs $872.91 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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| United | CHIP | $25.73 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $25.73 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $25.73 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $25.73 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $25.73 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $25.73 | — |
| United | STARKids | $25.73 | — |
| United | STAR | $25.73 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $25.73 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $25.73 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $27.02 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $27.79 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $27.79 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $28.30 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $28.30 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $28.30 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $28.30 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $28.47 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $32.16 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $39.03 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $41.81 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $41.81 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $49.04 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $51.08 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $61.10 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $61.10 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $61.10 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $61.10 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $61.10 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $66.90 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $66.97 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $74.73 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $74.73 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $74.73 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $83.86 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $83.86 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $94.58 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $94.97 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $104.55 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $104.55 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $117.84 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $122.21 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $182.03 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $198.15 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $213.86 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $225.21 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $295.04 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $310.46 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $310.46 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $325.62 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $340.79 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $349.16 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $387.57 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $460.02 | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $611.04 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $634.61 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $654.68 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $872.91 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $872.91 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Chest X-ray (single view) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $687.73 | $307.27 – $307.27 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $220.04 | $25.73 – $275.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $327.08 | $67.32 – $490.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $349.81 | $25.73 – $437.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $220.04 | $25.73 – $275.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $327.08 | $27.53 – $490.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $327.08 | $25.73 – $490.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $349.81 | $25.73 – $524.72 |