Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited w/contrast or without & w/contrast at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$6,427.62
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.
$6,427.62
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.
$449.93 with Superior Health Plan vs $6,427.62 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 |
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| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $449.93 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $449.93 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $449.93 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $449.93 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $449.93 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $867.73 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | IFP | $867.73 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $899.87 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $901.17 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $1,050.09 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,050.09 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $1,279.10 | ↓ -80% |
| Oscar | HIX | $1,336.94 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | COMM | $1,369.08 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $1,369.08 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,459.07 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,574.77 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | OON | $1,613.33 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $1,658.33 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $1,696.89 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $1,696.89 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,859.61 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,859.61 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,896.15 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $1,896.15 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | HMO | $1,896.15 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,951.25 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | COMM | $1,991.92 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | PPO | $2,042.90 | ↓ -68% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $2,172.54 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $2,397.50 | ↓ -63% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,571.05 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,853.86 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | ASA | $3,387.36 | ↓ -47% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $4,499.33 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $4,672.88 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $4,820.72 | ↓ -25% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $6,427.62 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $6,427.62 | ↑ +0% |
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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited w/contrast or without & w/contrast at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $6,784.09 | $893.53 – $893.53 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $4,440.70 | $893.53 – $893.53 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $537.18 | $1,302.11 – $1,302.11 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $493.50 | $100.00 – $1,057.50 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $462.00 | $100.00 – $1,320.00 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $535.80 | $100.00 – $3,214.80 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | $6,108.60 | $893.53 – $893.53 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $462.00 | $100.00 – $1,320.00 |