Drug assay caffeine at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$559.01
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.
$559.01
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.
$23.14 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $559.01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $23.14 | ↓ -96% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $23.14 | ↓ -96% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $32.40 | ↓ -94% |
| United | STAR | $32.40 | ↓ -94% |
| United | CHIP | $32.40 | ↓ -94% |
| United | STARPerinate | $32.40 | ↓ -94% |
| United | STARPLUS | $32.40 | ↓ -94% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $32.40 | ↓ -94% |
| United | STARKids | $32.40 | ↓ -94% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $32.40 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $34.02 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $34.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $34.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $35.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $35.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $35.64 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina | CHIP | $35.64 | ↓ -94% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $38.38 | ↓ -93% |
| Mutual of Omaha | MGMCR | $38.57 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $38.57 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $38.57 | ↓ -93% |
| Devoted Health | SNP | $38.57 | ↓ -93% |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $38.57 | ↓ -93% |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $38.57 | ↓ -93% |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $38.57 | ↓ -93% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $38.57 | ↓ -93% |
| Devoted Health | MCR | $38.57 | ↓ -93% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $38.57 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | MGMCR | $38.57 | ↓ -93% |
| Devoted Health | POS | $38.57 | ↓ -93% |
| United | SmallGroup | $38.57 | ↓ -93% |
| TriWest Veterans | FEDERAL | $38.57 | ↓ -93% |
| Devoted Health | MME | $38.57 | ↓ -93% |
| United | MGMCR | $38.76 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | MCR | $38.90 | ↓ -93% |
| Care N Care | MGMCR | $38.96 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $39.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $39.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $39.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $39.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $39.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCR | $39.34 | ↓ -93% |
| Integranet | MGMCR | $39.73 | ↓ -93% |
| WellCare | MGMCR | $39.73 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRSNP | $40.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPOS | $40.50 | ↓ -93% |
| ProCare Advantge | MCR | $40.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRDualEligible | $40.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPPO | $40.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRHMO | $40.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPFFS | $40.50 | ↓ -93% |
| American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. | MGMCR | $40.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $40.50 | ↓ -93% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MCR | $40.88 | ↓ -93% |
| Texas Independent Health Plan | MGMCR | $40.88 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | Tricare | $41.56 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | MCR | $42.04 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | MMP | $42.04 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | MME | $42.04 | ↓ -92% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $42.43 | ↓ -92% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $42.85 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $49.06 | ↓ -91% |
| Verda Health Plan | MGMCR | $50.14 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $67.50 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $67.50 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $67.57 | ↓ -88% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $69.04 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | COMM | $71.97 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $71.97 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | IFP | $75.47 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $78.26 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | OON | $84.69 | ↓ -85% |
| Superior | HMO | $86.40 | ↓ -85% |
| Superior | EPO | $86.40 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $87.94 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $95.27 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $95.27 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $99.90 | ↓ -82% |
| Oscar | HIX | $100.28 | ↓ -82% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $101.05 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | PPO | $104.52 | ↓ -81% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $126.90 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $136.96 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $144.22 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $147.20 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $147.35 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $164.42 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $164.42 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | HMO | $164.42 | ↓ -71% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $188.95 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $208.09 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $248.20 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | ASA | $294.60 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana | COMM | $347.06 | ↓ -38% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $391.31 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $406.40 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $419.26 | ↓ -25% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $559.01 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $559.01 | ↑ +0% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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