Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries complete bilateral at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$4,956.19
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$4,956.19
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.
$128.31 with United vs $4,956.19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | CHIP | $128.31 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARPerinate | $128.31 | ↓ -97% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $128.31 | ↓ -97% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $128.31 | ↓ -97% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $128.31 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARPLUS | $128.31 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STARKids | $128.31 | ↓ -97% |
| United | STAR | $128.31 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $128.31 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $128.31 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $134.73 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $138.57 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $138.57 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $141.14 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $141.14 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $141.14 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina | CHIP | $141.14 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $160.39 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $267.91 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $312.18 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $312.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $346.93 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $346.93 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $346.93 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $346.93 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $346.93 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $412.69 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $413.10 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | HMO | $460.95 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $460.95 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $460.95 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $552.84 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $552.84 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $580.09 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $583.39 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | PPO | $607.33 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | IFP | $669.09 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $669.09 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $693.87 | ↓ -86% |
| Humana | COMM | $786.76 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $986.28 | ↓ -80% |
| Oscar | HIX | $1,030.89 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,055.67 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,055.67 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,125.06 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,214.27 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,244.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $1,278.70 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,675.19 | ↓ -66% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,982.48 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,200.55 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | ASA | $2,611.91 | ↓ -47% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $3,469.33 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $3,603.15 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $3,717.14 | ↓ -25% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $4,956.19 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $4,956.19 | ↑ +0% |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,410.47 | $437.05 – $437.05 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $881.26 | $129.98 – $1,101.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $857.57 | $176.52 – $1,286.36 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $738.05 | $129.98 – $1,117.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $881.26 | $129.98 – $1,117.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $857.57 | $139.08 – $1,286.36 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $857.57 | $129.98 – $1,286.36 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $738.05 | $129.98 – $1,107.08 |