External newborn metabolic screening panel at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$514.42
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.
$514.42
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.
$36.01 with Superior Health Plan vs $514.42 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 | $36.01 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $36.01 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $36.01 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $36.01 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $36.01 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $69.45 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $72.02 | ↓ -86% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $97.74 | ↓ -81% |
| Superior | EPO | $102.88 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $102.88 | ↓ -80% |
| Superior | HMO | $102.88 | ↓ -80% |
| Oscar | HIX | $107.00 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $116.77 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $126.03 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $127.06 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $127.06 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $128.60 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $132.72 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $135.81 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $135.81 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $145.50 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $150.21 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $151.75 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | HMO | $151.75 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $151.75 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $164.10 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $164.10 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $172.33 | ↓ -67% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $173.87 | ↓ -66% |
| Humana | Tricare | $177.80 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | PPO | $180.05 | ↓ -65% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $183.30 | ↓ -64% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $191.88 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $200.40 | ↓ -61% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $205.77 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | COMM | $213.44 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $213.44 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $228.40 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | OON | $251.19 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | ASA | $271.10 | ↓ -47% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $360.09 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $373.98 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $385.81 | ↓ -25% |
| Humana | COMM | $395.17 | ↓ -23% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $514.42 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $514.42 | ↑ +0% |
Visitor-reported prices
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External newborn metabolic screening panel at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $83.43 | $10.00 – $118.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $59.29 | $12.00 – $88.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $59.29 | $11.86 – $74.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $83.43 | $10.00 – $118.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $59.29 | $12.00 – $88.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $59.29 | $8.00 – $88.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $59.29 | $12.00 – $88.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $83.43 | $10.00 – $118.19 |