Echo guide for amniocentesis at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$2,604.65
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.
$2,604.65
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.
$15.86 with BCBS vs $2,604.65 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 | $15.86 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $17.46 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $17.46 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $23.40 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $32.08 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $34.37 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | COMM | $34.37 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | OON | $40.31 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $51.85 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $51.85 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | COMM | $52.51 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $54.39 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | PPO | $56.92 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $182.33 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $182.33 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $182.33 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $182.33 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $182.33 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $351.63 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $364.65 | ↓ -86% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $494.88 | ↓ -81% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $591.26 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $638.14 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $672.00 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $880.37 | ↓ -66% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,041.86 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,156.46 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,372.65 | ↓ -47% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $1,823.26 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $1,893.58 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,953.49 | ↓ -25% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,604.65 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $2,604.65 | ↑ +0% |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $304.49 | $26.66 – $431.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $377.11 | $44.79 – $565.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $61.82 | $12.36 – $77.27 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $304.49 | $30.53 – $431.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $377.11 | $54.52 – $565.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $377.11 | $194.84 – $565.67 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $61.82 | $20.61 – $92.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $304.49 | $26.66 – $431.37 |