Liver Function Test 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.
not published by hospital
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.
$4.90 with Cook Childrens Health Plan vs $1,851.93 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 | STAR | $4.90 | — |
| Cook Childrens Health Plan | CHIP | $4.90 | — |
| United | STAR | $6.01 | — |
| United | STARKids | $6.01 | — |
| United | STARPLUS | $6.01 | — |
| United | STARPerinate | $6.01 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $6.01 | — |
| Parkland Community Health Plan | MCD | $6.01 | — |
| Amerigroup | CHIP | $6.01 | — |
| United | CHIP | $6.01 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCD | $6.31 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $6.49 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | CHIP | $6.49 | — |
| Molina | MCDSTAR | $6.61 | — |
| Molina | CHIP | $6.61 | — |
| Molina | STAR+PLUS | $6.61 | — |
| Molina | STARKIDS | $6.61 | — |
| Humana | MGMCD | $7.51 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $8.13 | — |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $8.17 | — |
| Humana | MGMCR | $8.17 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $8.17 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $8.17 | — |
| Devoted Health | SNP | $8.17 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $8.17 | — |
| BCBS | MGMCRHMO | $8.17 | — |
| Mutual of Omaha | MGMCR | $8.17 | — |
| TriWest Veterans | FEDERAL | $8.17 | — |
| Devoted Health | MME | $8.17 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $8.17 | — |
| Devoted Health | MCR | $8.17 | — |
| Devoted Health | POS | $8.17 | — |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $8.17 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $8.17 | — |
| United | MGMCR | $8.21 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $8.24 | — |
| Care N Care | MGMCR | $8.25 | — |
| Cigna Healthspring | MGMCR | $8.33 | — |
| WellCare | MGMCR | $8.42 | — |
| Integranet | MGMCR | $8.42 | — |
| American Health Plan of Texas, Inc. | MGMCR | $8.58 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPOS | $8.58 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPFFS | $8.58 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRDualEligible | $8.58 | — |
| ProCare Advantge | MCR | $8.58 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRPPO | $8.58 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRHMO | $8.58 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MGMCRSNP | $8.58 | — |
| Texas Independent Health Plan | MGMCR | $8.66 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan | MCR | $8.66 | — |
| Humana | Tricare | $8.81 | — |
| Molina | MCR | $8.91 | — |
| Molina | MME | $8.91 | — |
| Molina | MMP | $8.91 | — |
| Imperial Insurance Company | MCR | $8.99 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $9.08 | — |
| Aetna | QHPHIX | $10.39 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MGMCR | $10.62 | — |
| BCBS | BlueAdvantageHMO | $14.30 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $14.30 | — |
| Aetna | NewBusiness | $14.31 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $14.62 | — |
| Aetna | COMM | $15.24 | — |
| Aetna | Meritain | $15.24 | — |
| Aetna | OON | $17.93 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $18.30 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $18.30 | — |
| BCBS | BluePremier | $18.63 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentialsAccess | $20.18 | — |
| BCBS | BlueEssentials | $20.18 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $21.16 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $21.24 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $21.41 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $22.14 | — |
| Cigna | LocalPlus | $31.01 | — |
| Cigna | NewBusiness | $31.04 | — |
| Cigna | NetworkBenefit | $34.63 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $34.63 | — |
| Cigna | HMO | $34.63 | — |
| Cigna | AllOther | $43.83 | — |
| Humana | COMM | $90.79 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARHealth | $129.64 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $129.64 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $129.64 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $129.64 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCDSTAR | $129.64 | — |
| Cigna | IFP | $250.01 | — |
| Cigna | QHP | $259.27 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $420.39 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $453.72 | — |
| Evry Health | COMM | $477.80 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | CityofPlano | $625.95 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $822.26 | — |
| Aetna | ASA | $975.97 | — |
| Multiplan PHCS | PrimaryNetwork | $1,296.35 | — |
| Aetna Coventry First Health | COMM | $1,346.35 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,388.95 | — |
| Independent Medical Systems | COMM | $1,851.93 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,851.93 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $149.95 | $7.34 – $224.93 |
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