Electrolyte panel at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
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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.
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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.
$4.21 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $1,248.34 with National Healthcare Solutions — 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 | $4.21 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $4.21 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $6.97 | — |
| Devoted Health | MCR | $7.01 | — |
| Devoted Health | MME | $7.01 | — |
| TriWest Veterans | FEDERAL | $7.01 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $7.01 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $7.01 | — |
| Humana | MGMCR | $7.01 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $7.01 | — |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $7.01 | — |
| Devoted Health | POS | $7.01 | — |
| Mutual of Omaha | MGMCR | $7.01 | — |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $7.01 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $7.01 | — |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $7.01 | — |
| Devoted Health | SNP | $7.01 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $7.01 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $7.05 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $7.07 | — |
| Care N Care | MGMCR | $7.08 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCR | $7.15 | — |
| WellCare | MGMCR | $7.22 | — |
| Integranet | MGMCR | $7.22 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRHMO | $7.36 | — |
| ProCare Advantge | MCR | $7.36 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPPO | $7.36 | — |
| American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. | MGMCR | $7.36 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRDualEligible | $7.36 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPFFS | $7.36 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPOS | $7.36 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRSNP | $7.36 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MCR | $7.43 | — |
| Texas Independent Health Plan | MGMCR | $7.43 | — |
| Humana | Tricare | $7.56 | — |
| Molina | MCR | $7.64 | — |
| Molina | MMP | $7.64 | — |
| Molina | MME | $7.64 | — |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $7.71 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $7.79 | — |
| United | CHIP | $8.08 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $8.08 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $8.08 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $8.08 | — |
| United | STARKids | $8.08 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $8.08 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $8.08 | — |
| United | STAR | $8.08 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $8.48 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $8.73 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $8.73 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $8.89 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $8.89 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $8.89 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $8.89 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $8.93 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MGMCR | $9.11 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $10.10 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $12.27 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $12.27 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $12.29 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $12.55 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $13.09 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $13.09 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $15.41 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $15.70 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $15.70 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $15.98 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $17.31 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $17.31 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $18.16 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $18.23 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $18.37 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $19.00 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $27.11 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $27.14 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $30.28 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $30.28 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $30.28 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $38.33 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $77.93 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $87.38 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $87.38 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $87.38 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $87.38 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $87.38 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $168.53 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $174.77 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $283.37 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $305.84 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $322.07 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $421.94 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $554.26 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $657.88 | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $873.84 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $907.54 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $936.25 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,248.34 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,248.34 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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