Dextrose 5 % IV bolus at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$344.47
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.
$344.47
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.
$3.53 with Humana vs $344.47 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 | $3.53 | ↓ -99% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $3.64 | ↓ -99% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $4.85 | ↓ -99% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $4.85 | ↓ -99% |
| United | SmallGroup | $4.85 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $18.40 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $18.41 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $20.55 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | HMO | $20.55 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $20.55 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $24.11 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $24.11 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $24.11 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $24.11 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $24.11 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $26.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | COMM | $35.34 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | IFP | $46.50 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $46.50 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $48.23 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $52.30 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $52.30 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $68.55 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $73.37 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | COMM | $73.37 | ↓ -79% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $76.56 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $76.56 | ↓ -78% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $78.19 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $80.35 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | PPO | $84.14 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | OON | $86.46 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $104.30 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $116.43 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $152.94 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | ASA | $181.54 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $250.43 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $258.35 | ↓ -25% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $344.47 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $344.47 | ↑ +0% |
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Dextrose 5 % IV bolus at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $137.39 | $58.37 – $58.37 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $28.80 | $3.38 – $21.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $35.74 | $3.08 – $22.41 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $45.14 | $2.99 – $18.68 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $28.80 | $3.38 – $21.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $35.74 | $3.38 – $22.41 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $35.74 | $3.38 – $22.41 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $45.14 | $3.38 – $22.41 |