Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$9,013.53
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.
$9,013.53
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.
$319.80 with BCBS vs $9,013.53 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 | $319.80 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $372.65 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $372.65 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $630.95 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $630.95 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $630.95 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $630.95 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $630.95 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $659.93 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $659.93 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $692.46 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | PPO | $724.98 | ↓ -92% |
| Humana | COMM | $931.70 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | IFP | $1,216.83 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $1,216.83 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $1,261.89 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1,793.69 | ↓ -80% |
| Oscar | HIX | $1,874.81 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,919.88 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,919.88 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,046.07 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,208.31 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | OON | $2,262.40 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $2,325.49 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $2,379.57 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $2,379.57 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | HMO | $2,658.99 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $2,658.99 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,658.99 | ↓ -71% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $3,046.57 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $3,362.05 | ↓ -63% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $3,605.41 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $4,002.01 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | ASA | $4,750.13 | ↓ -47% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $6,309.47 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $6,552.84 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $6,760.15 | ↓ -25% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $9,013.53 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $9,013.53 | ↑ +0% |
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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $3,328.88 | $521.71 – $521.71 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,589.56 | $416.02 – $3,236.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,589.56 | $409.24 – $3,884.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,589.56 | $409.24 – $3,236.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,589.56 | $317.09 – $3,236.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,589.56 | $500.03 – $3,884.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,589.56 | $1,337.94 – $3,884.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,589.56 | $409.24 – $3,884.34 |