Intracranial complete study at MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE HOSPITAL
727 W BAILEY BOSWELL RD, SAGINAW, TX · Medicalcityhealthcare · · NPI 1871911016
$3,612.81
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.
$3,612.81
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.
$233.52 with United vs $3,612.81 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 | CHIP | $233.52 | ↓ -94% |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $233.52 | ↓ -94% |
| United | STARPerinate | $233.52 | ↓ -94% |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $233.52 | ↓ -94% |
| United | STARPLUS | $233.52 | ↓ -94% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | STAR | $233.52 | ↓ -94% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $233.52 | ↓ -94% |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $233.52 | ↓ -94% |
| United | STARKids | $233.52 | ↓ -94% |
| United | STAR | $233.52 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $245.20 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $252.20 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $252.20 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $252.90 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $252.90 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $252.90 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $252.90 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $252.90 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $256.87 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | CHIP | $256.87 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $256.87 | ↓ -93% |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $256.87 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | MGMCD | $291.90 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $487.73 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | IFP | $487.73 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | QHP | $505.79 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $538.39 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $627.36 | ↓ -83% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $627.36 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $718.95 | ↓ -80% |
| Oscar | HIX | $751.46 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Meritain | $769.53 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | COMM | $769.53 | ↓ -79% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $820.11 | ↓ -77% |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $870.55 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $871.42 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $885.14 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | OON | $906.82 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | COMM | $932.10 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | HMO | $972.34 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $972.34 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $972.34 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $1,110.99 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $1,110.99 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,165.74 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,220.50 | ↓ -66% |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $1,221.13 | ↓ -66% |
| Cigna | AllOther | $1,230.62 | ↓ -66% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,445.12 | ↓ -60% |
| Humana | COMM | $1,554.93 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,604.09 | ↓ -56% |
| Aetna | ASA | $1,903.95 | ↓ -47% |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $2,528.97 | ↓ -30% |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $2,626.51 | ↓ -27% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,709.61 | ↓ -25% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $3,612.81 | ↑ +0% |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $3,612.81 | ↑ +0% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,308.50 | $227.71 – $1,635.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,308.50 | $269.33 – $1,962.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $687.43 | $227.71 – $1,117.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,308.50 | $227.71 – $1,635.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,308.50 | $227.71 – $1,962.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,308.50 | $241.72 – $1,962.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $687.43 | $227.71 – $1,031.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,308.50 | $227.71 – $1,635.62 |