Histochemical stains add-on at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$1,045.98
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.
$1,045.98
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.
$73.22 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,045.98 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 | $73.22 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $73.22 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $73.22 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $73.22 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $73.22 | ↓ -93% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $79.91 | ↓ -92% |
| United | SmallGroup | $79.91 | ↓ -92% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $79.91 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $103.22 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $122.99 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $122.99 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | IFP | $141.21 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $142.17 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $146.44 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $151.43 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | COMM | $151.43 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $160.24 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $173.59 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $173.59 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | OON | $178.21 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $182.03 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | PPO | $190.46 | ↓ -82% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $198.74 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $217.56 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $237.44 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $256.27 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $269.86 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $270.90 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $271.17 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $302.58 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $302.58 | ↓ -71% |
| Cigna | HMO | $302.58 | ↓ -71% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $353.54 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $382.95 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $464.42 | ↓ -56% |
| Humana | COMM | $534.32 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | ASA | $551.23 | ↓ -47% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $732.19 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $760.43 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $784.49 | ↓ -25% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,045.98 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,045.98 | ↑ +0% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $190.85 | $35.00 – $253.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $182.42 | $36.00 – $268.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $179.04 | $30.64 – $363.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $190.85 | $35.00 – $255.82 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $182.42 | $36.00 – $443.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $182.42 | $26.00 – $268.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $179.04 | $36.00 – $363.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $190.85 | $35.00 – $253.64 |