Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$708.19
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.
$708.19
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 $708.19 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 | AllPayerAppendix | $33.84 | ↓ -95% |
| United | SmallGroup | $33.84 | ↓ -95% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $33.84 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $49.57 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $49.57 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $49.57 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $49.57 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $49.57 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $53.08 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $58.50 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $58.50 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $73.12 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $76.22 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | COMM | $77.87 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $77.87 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $82.57 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $82.57 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $86.58 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | PPO | $90.60 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | OON | $91.65 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $95.61 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $99.15 | ↓ -86% |
| Oscar | HIX | $147.30 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $160.76 | ↓ -77% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $163.49 | ↓ -77% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $163.65 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $173.51 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | HMO | $182.60 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $182.60 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $182.60 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $182.71 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $231.11 | ↓ -67% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $239.37 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $314.44 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | ASA | $373.22 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | COMM | $373.25 | ↓ -47% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $495.73 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $514.85 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $531.14 | ↓ -25% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $708.19 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $708.19 | ↑ +0% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Cytopathology fluids/washings/brushings smears with interpretation at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $179.62 | $10.00 – $224.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $181.17 | $12.00 – $271.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $181.17 | $12.00 – $226.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $179.62 | $10.00 – $224.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $181.17 | $12.00 – $271.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $181.17 | $8.00 – $271.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $181.17 | $12.00 – $271.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $179.62 | $10.00 – $224.53 |