External pretreatment of serum for use in antibody identification by dilution at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$41.88
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.
$41.88
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.
$2.93 with Superior Health Plan vs $312.96 with Humana — 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 | STARHealth | $2.93 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $2.93 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $2.93 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $2.93 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $2.93 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | IFP | $5.65 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | QHP | $5.86 | ↓ -86% |
| Oscar | HIX | $8.71 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $9.51 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $10.26 | ↓ -76% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $10.81 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $14.16 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $18.59 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | ASA | $22.07 | ↓ -47% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $24.67 | ↓ -41% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $24.67 | ↓ -41% |
| United | SmallGroup | $24.67 | ↓ -41% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $29.32 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $30.45 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $31.41 | ↓ -25% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $40.23 | ↓ -4% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $40.23 | ↓ -4% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $41.88 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $41.88 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $46.07 | ↑ +10% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $52.42 | ↑ +25% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $56.79 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $56.79 | ↑ +36% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $59.54 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS | PPO | $62.30 | ↑ +49% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $63.45 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | COMM | $67.58 | ↑ +61% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $67.58 | ↑ +61% |
| Aetna | OON | $79.53 | ↑ +90% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $130.40 | ↑ +211% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $130.53 | ↑ +212% |
| Cigna | HMO | $145.64 | ↑ +248% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $145.64 | ↑ +248% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $145.64 | ↑ +248% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $184.33 | ↑ +340% |
| Humana | COMM | $312.96 | ↑ +647% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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External pretreatment of serum for use in antibody identification by dilution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $79.29 | $12.00 – $118.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $60.98 | $12.00 – $76.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $79.29 | $12.00 – $118.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $79.29 | $8.00 – $118.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $60.98 | $12.00 – $91.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $79.29 | $15.86 – $99.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $79.29 | $12.00 – $118.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $60.98 | $11.18 – $118.86 |