Doppler echo complete at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$2,935.65
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.
$2,935.65
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.
$84.20 with BCBS vs $2,935.65 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | BluePremier | $84.20 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $98.12 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $98.12 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $173.76 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $173.76 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $182.32 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | PPO | $190.89 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $205.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $205.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $205.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $205.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $205.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | COMM | $246.37 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $396.31 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $396.31 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $410.99 | ↓ -86% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $557.77 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $584.19 | ↓ -80% |
| Oscar | HIX | $610.62 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | COMM | $625.29 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $625.29 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $666.39 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $719.23 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | OON | $736.85 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $757.40 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $775.01 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $775.01 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | HMO | $866.02 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $866.02 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $866.02 | ↓ -70% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $992.25 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $1,095.00 | ↓ -63% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,174.26 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,303.43 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,547.09 | ↓ -47% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $2,054.95 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $2,134.22 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,201.74 | ↓ -25% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,935.65 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $2,935.65 | ↑ +0% |
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Doppler echo complete at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $943.47 | $137.37 – $137.37 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $938.80 | $109.54 – $1,329.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $823.00 | $107.75 – $1,234.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $823.00 | $107.75 – $1,028.74 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $938.80 | $83.49 – $1,329.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $823.00 | $131.66 – $1,234.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $823.00 | $425.21 – $1,234.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $823.00 | $107.75 – $1,234.49 |