Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/covid-19 at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$75.32
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.
$75.32
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.
$5.27 with Superior Health Plan vs $139.05 with BCBS — 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 | STARKids | $5.27 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $5.27 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $5.27 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $5.27 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $5.27 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $10.17 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | IFP | $10.17 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $10.54 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $14.99 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | COMM | $16.04 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $16.04 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $17.10 | ↓ -77% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $18.45 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | OON | $18.91 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $19.43 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $19.88 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $19.88 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $22.22 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $22.22 | ↓ -70% |
| Cigna | HMO | $22.22 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | COMM | $23.34 | ↓ -69% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $25.46 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $28.09 | ↓ -63% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $30.79 | ↓ -59% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $30.79 | ↓ -59% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $33.44 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | ASA | $39.69 | ↓ -47% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $43.10 | ↓ -43% |
| United | STAR | $43.10 | ↓ -43% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $43.10 | ↓ -43% |
| United | STARKids | $43.10 | ↓ -43% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $43.10 | ↓ -43% |
| United | STARPerinate | $43.10 | ↓ -43% |
| United | CHIP | $43.10 | ↓ -43% |
| United | STARPLUS | $43.10 | ↓ -43% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $45.26 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $46.55 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $46.55 | ↓ -38% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $47.41 | ↓ -37% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $47.41 | ↓ -37% |
| Molina | CHIP | $47.41 | ↓ -37% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $47.41 | ↓ -37% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $51.05 | ↓ -32% |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $51.31 | ↓ -32% |
| Devoted Health | SNP | $51.31 | ↓ -32% |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $51.31 | ↓ -32% |
| Devoted Health | POS | $51.31 | ↓ -32% |
| Devoted Health | MCR | $51.31 | ↓ -32% |
| Devoted Health | MME | $51.31 | ↓ -32% |
| Humana | MGMCR | $51.31 | ↓ -32% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $51.31 | ↓ -32% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $51.31 | ↓ -32% |
| United | SmallGroup | $51.31 | ↓ -32% |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $51.31 | ↓ -32% |
| Mutual of Omaha | MGMCR | $51.31 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $51.31 | ↓ -32% |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $51.31 | ↓ -32% |
| TriWest Veterans | FEDERAL | $51.31 | ↓ -32% |
| United | MGMCR | $51.57 | ↓ -32% |
| Aetna | MCR | $51.75 | ↓ -31% |
| Care N Care | MGMCR | $51.82 | ↓ -31% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCR | $52.34 | ↓ -31% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $52.72 | ↓ -30% |
| WellCare | MGMCR | $52.85 | ↓ -30% |
| Integranet | MGMCR | $52.85 | ↓ -30% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPOS | $53.88 | ↓ -28% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRSNP | $53.88 | ↓ -28% |
| American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. | MGMCR | $53.88 | ↓ -28% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $53.88 | ↓ -28% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPFFS | $53.88 | ↓ -28% |
| ProCare Advantge | MCR | $53.88 | ↓ -28% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRDualEligible | $53.88 | ↓ -28% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPPO | $53.88 | ↓ -28% |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRHMO | $53.88 | ↓ -28% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MCR | $54.39 | ↓ -28% |
| Texas Independent Health Plan | MGMCR | $54.39 | ↓ -28% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $54.76 | ↓ -27% |
| Humana | Tricare | $55.29 | ↓ -27% |
| Molina | MCR | $55.93 | ↓ -26% |
| Molina | MME | $55.93 | ↓ -26% |
| Molina | MMP | $55.93 | ↓ -26% |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $56.44 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $56.49 | ↓ -25% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $57.00 | ↓ -24% |
| Verda Health Plan | MGMCR | $66.70 | ↓ -11% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $75.32 | ↑ +0% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $75.32 | ↑ +0% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $89.79 | ↑ +19% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $89.79 | ↑ +19% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $91.84 | ↑ +22% |
| Superior | HMO | $114.93 | ↑ +53% |
| Superior | EPO | $114.93 | ↑ +53% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $116.99 | ↑ +55% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $126.74 | ↑ +68% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $126.74 | ↑ +68% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $132.89 | ↑ +76% |
| Oscar | HIX | $133.41 | ↑ +77% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $134.43 | ↑ +78% |
| BCBS | PPO | $139.05 | ↑ +85% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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