Hydration IV infusion initial 31minutes - 1 hour at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
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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.
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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.
$75.56 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,079.48 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 |
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| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $75.56 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $75.56 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $75.56 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $75.56 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $75.56 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $91.00 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $106.04 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $106.04 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $145.73 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $145.73 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $151.13 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $187.79 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $187.79 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $197.04 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $206.30 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $214.82 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $224.53 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $229.93 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $229.93 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $245.04 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $264.47 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $270.95 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $278.51 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $284.98 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $284.98 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $318.45 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $318.45 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $318.45 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $320.84 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $358.56 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $358.56 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $358.56 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $364.86 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $402.65 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $431.79 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $479.29 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $568.89 | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $755.64 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $784.78 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $809.61 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,079.48 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,079.48 | — |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $1,833.06 | $148.46 – $148.46 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $488.60 | $118.38 – $610.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $558.06 | $114.87 – $837.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $527.15 | $105.43 – $658.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $488.60 | $90.23 – $610.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $558.06 | $142.29 – $837.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $558.06 | $288.33 – $837.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $527.15 | $116.45 – $790.73 |