Dup scan/lwr xtr vasc stdy bilat 93924 at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$2,096.36
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.
$2,096.36
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.
$146.75 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,096.36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $146.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $146.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $146.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $146.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $146.75 | ↓ -93% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $157.71 | ↓ -92% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $157.71 | ↓ -92% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $157.71 | ↓ -92% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $157.71 | ↓ -92% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $157.71 | ↓ -92% |
| United | CHIP | $157.71 | ↓ -92% |
| United | STAR | $157.71 | ↓ -92% |
| United | STARKids | $157.71 | ↓ -92% |
| United | STARPLUS | $157.71 | ↓ -92% |
| United | STARPerinate | $157.71 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $165.60 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $170.33 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $170.33 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $173.48 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $173.48 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | CHIP | $173.48 | ↓ -92% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $173.48 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $197.14 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | IFP | $283.01 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $283.01 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $293.49 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $337.67 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $393.47 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $393.47 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $417.18 | ↓ -80% |
| Oscar | HIX | $436.04 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $446.52 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | COMM | $446.52 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $475.87 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $513.61 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $516.74 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $517.25 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | OON | $526.19 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $540.86 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | HMO | $577.16 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $577.16 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $577.16 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $696.80 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $696.80 | ↓ -67% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $708.57 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $730.47 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $731.14 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | PPO | $765.48 | ↓ -63% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $838.54 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $930.78 | ↓ -56% |
| Humana | COMM | $999.30 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,104.78 | ↓ -47% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $1,467.45 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $1,524.05 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,572.27 | ↓ -25% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,096.36 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $2,096.36 | ↑ +0% |
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