Gastric mucosa imaging at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$4,036.95
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.
$4,036.95
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.
$188.11 with United vs $4,036.95 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | STARPLUS | $188.11 | ↓ -95% |
| United | STAR | $188.11 | ↓ -95% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $188.11 | ↓ -95% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $188.11 | ↓ -95% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $188.11 | ↓ -95% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $188.11 | ↓ -95% |
| United | STARKids | $188.11 | ↓ -95% |
| United | STARPerinate | $188.11 | ↓ -95% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $188.11 | ↓ -95% |
| United | CHIP | $188.11 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $197.52 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $203.16 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $203.16 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | CHIP | $206.92 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $206.92 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $206.92 | ↓ -95% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $206.92 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $214.87 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $235.14 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $236.53 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $236.53 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $280.73 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $282.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $282.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $282.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $282.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $282.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $384.91 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $412.32 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | COMM | $412.32 | ↓ -90% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $471.74 | ↓ -88% |
| United | SmallGroup | $471.74 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | OON | $483.60 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | IFP | $544.99 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $565.17 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $702.38 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $702.38 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | COMM | $724.31 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $736.68 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | PPO | $770.99 | ↓ -81% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $848.52 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $916.39 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $989.05 | ↓ -76% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $1,041.53 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,364.49 | ↓ -66% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,614.78 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,792.41 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | ASA | $2,127.47 | ↓ -47% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $2,825.86 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $2,934.86 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $3,027.71 | ↓ -25% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $4,036.95 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $4,036.95 | ↑ +0% |
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Gastric mucosa imaging at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $917.28 | $180.56 – $2,030.94 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $917.28 | $180.56 – $2,030.94 |
| MEDICAL CITY ARGYLE HOSPITAL | Argyle | $3,034.38 | $185.29 – $280.73 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $695.16 – $695.16 |
| CHRISTUS Children's Hospital | San Antonio | not published | $194.80 – $652.81 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $184.35 – $994.88 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $201.48 – $994.88 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $787.24 – $787.24 |