Ghs urine, porphyrins quant at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$1,001.40
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.
$1,001.40
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.
$8.83 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $1,001.40 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 | CHIP | $8.83 | ↓ -99% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $8.83 | ↓ -99% |
| United | STAR | $12.36 | ↓ -99% |
| United | STARKids | $12.36 | ↓ -99% |
| United | STARPLUS | $12.36 | ↓ -99% |
| United | STARPerinate | $12.36 | ↓ -99% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $12.36 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $12.36 | ↓ -99% |
| United | CHIP | $12.36 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $12.36 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $12.98 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $13.35 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $13.35 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $13.60 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | CHIP | $13.60 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $13.60 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $13.60 | ↓ -99% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $14.64 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $14.71 | ↓ -99% |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $14.71 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | MGMCR | $14.71 | ↓ -99% |
| Mutual of Omaha | MGMCR | $14.71 | ↓ -99% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $14.71 | ↓ -99% |
| Devoted Health | SNP | $14.71 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $14.71 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $14.71 | ↓ -99% |
| TriWest Veterans | FEDERAL | $14.71 | ↓ -99% |
| Devoted Health | MME | $14.71 | ↓ -99% |
| United | SmallGroup | $14.71 | ↓ -99% |
| Devoted Health | MCR | $14.71 | ↓ -99% |
| Devoted Health | POS | $14.71 | ↓ -99% |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $14.71 | ↓ -99% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $14.71 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MGMCR | $14.78 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | MCR | $14.84 | ↓ -99% |
| Care N Care | MGMCR | $14.86 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCR | $15.00 | ↓ -99% |
| WellCare | MGMCR | $15.15 | ↓ -98% |
| Integranet | MGMCR | $15.15 | ↓ -98% |
| American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. | MGMCR | $15.45 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPFFS | $15.45 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRDualEligible | $15.45 | ↓ -98% |
| ProCare Advantge | MCR | $15.45 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPPO | $15.45 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRHMO | $15.45 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $15.45 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRSNP | $15.45 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPOS | $15.45 | ↓ -98% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MCR | $15.59 | ↓ -98% |
| Texas Independent Health Plan | MGMCR | $15.59 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | Tricare | $15.85 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | MCR | $16.03 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | MMP | $16.03 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | MME | $16.03 | ↓ -98% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $16.18 | ↓ -98% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $16.34 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $18.72 | ↓ -98% |
| Verda Health Plan | MGMCR | $19.12 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $25.74 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $25.74 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $25.78 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $26.33 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $27.46 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | COMM | $27.46 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | OON | $32.32 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior | HMO | $32.95 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior | EPO | $32.95 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $33.54 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $36.33 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $36.33 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $38.10 | ↓ -96% |
| Oscar | HIX | $38.25 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $38.54 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | PPO | $39.86 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $55.51 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $55.57 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $62.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | HMO | $62.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $62.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $70.10 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $70.10 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $70.10 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $70.10 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $70.10 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $78.47 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | IFP | $135.19 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $140.20 | ↓ -86% |
| Humana | COMM | $163.41 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $227.32 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $245.34 | ↓ -76% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $258.36 | ↓ -74% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $338.47 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $444.62 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | ASA | $527.74 | ↓ -47% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $700.98 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $728.02 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $751.05 | ↓ -25% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,001.40 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,001.40 | ↑ +0% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $127.80 | $10.00 – $53.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $133.55 | $8.82 – $64.24 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $129.66 | $12.00 – $53.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $127.80 | $10.00 – $53.53 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $133.55 | $12.00 – $64.24 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $133.55 | $8.00 – $64.24 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $129.66 | $12.00 – $64.24 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $127.80 | $10.00 – $53.53 |